> 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
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