Danny and all, Agreed to all of your points but #7. It need not be necessary for the GNSO to exhume the whole expense of language translation, other NGO's can belly up to the bar and volunteer to take on some of that expense, as well as automated language translation software has, will, and can reduce this cost significantly, all be it that some few ALAC members may have some "Culture" related problems with such. Those that do should be the ones doing the volunteering. -----Original Message-----

From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> Sent: May 29, 2008 4:22 AM To: At-Large Worldwide <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [At-Large] Request regarding your views on GNSO Improvements into Board Discussion

Wendy,

Thank you for your comment on this topic. I am sure that if asked you will indicate that:

1. The ALAC never took a formal vote on the Statement 2. No members of the ALAC from regions other than NA expressed any views whatsoever on the topic on the at-large discussion list (which is not surprising as they rarely express any opinions on anything). 3. The work of the ad-hoc GNSO Improvements Working Group was totally non-transparent (not even an archived discussion list). 4. The broad At-Large community was not afforded an opportunity to discuss the Joint document prior to its release. 5. There are those in the at-large that do not support the concept of eliminating Non-Com representation in the GNSO. 6. Some in the at-large view the statement that "At-Large would not accept anything less than 50% of the voting power of the Non-Commercial Interest Group", as ludicrous. 7. Some regard the ALAC push for a multilingual approach within the GNSO to be a foolish waste of money and point to the horrid expenditures on the part of the ALAC for contracted (yet unused) translation services. 8. The comment "Since as mentioned the At-Large community has been actively engaged in developing and implementing new approaches to a working group modality for policy development, some of the experiences we have had in that process may prove salutary", is an insult to the intelligence of the community.

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