On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:22:21 -0700 (PDT), Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's just another ho-hum moment for those non-commercial organizations that are pretending to be the at-large in exchange for travel funding to ICANN sessions.
Oh yes. We are tourists. We have heard that a zillion times before. Be aware though that ALSes do not travel regularly on ICANN budget. And when they do, they work from 7am to 8pm pro bono. Like ALAC members and RALO chairs BTW. We even have ALSes travelling on their own budget.
Have we seen any notices posted at the local level about the upcoming at-Large director appointment? Of course not. ALS representatives can't be bothered to inform their own local communities.
Do you have any evidence of that ? Did you check each ALSes mailing lists, evetn the closed ones, attend their local meetings, etc ?
The whole process is a sham and always has been.
We know your opinion, Danny. You have voiced it time and time again. Can we now use these volunteers' time and bandwidth for something more useful than bashing and demotivating them ? Thank you. Patrick