My position in this matter is quite similar than Wendy and Beau. I consider that "discrimination" is not the proper word to use in this case. Carlos Dionisio Aguirre abogado - Sarmiento 71 - 4to. 18 Cordoba - Argentina - * / 423-5423 www.sitioderecho.com.ar www.densi.com.ar > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:23:18 -0400> From: wendy@seltzer.com> To: evan@telly.org> CC: alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [At-Large] ALAC Positions open for nominations 2007-2008> > I read Evan's suggestions not as "discrimination" but as a request that> the At-Large leadership be accountable to the at-large public. At the> moment, the only accountability any of the Committee has is the> possibility of recall by its regional structures. So it makes sense for> an at-large participant to ask the committee to select its executive> from among members who have that connection -- and it sounds to me like> a reasonable request.> > --Wendy> > Evan Leibovitch wrote:> > Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:> >> I would like to nominate one of our newly NomCom appointed, Members> >> of ALAC, Vanda Scartezini for one of the Vice Chair positions:-> >>> > While I am not a member of ALAC, I implore you to select, for your> > executive, from amongst the members that were sent by RALOs. They have a> > level of accountability that does not exist for the NomComm appointees,> > and by definition an understanding of the At-Large community culture> > that is likely lacking in people brought into ALAC from other> > constituencies.> > > > The primary goal of ALAC is to represent the grassroots public interest> > to ICANN. It can do this best when its leaders come from within that> > grassroots.> > > > In any case, how about giving some opportunities to (relative) ICANN> > newcomers? The RALO reps already come from positions of leadership in> > their respective ALSs, so there are no complete novices here.> > > > Evan Leibovitch> > > > > > _______________________________________________> > ALAC mailing list> > ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org> > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org> > > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org> > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org> > > > > > > -- > Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org> phone: // office: > Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html> http://www.chillingeffects.org/> http://www.torproject.org/> > _______________________________________________> ALAC mailing list> ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org> > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org> ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/