You cited the main difference Philip: The ALAC has a liaison on the Council. Both are possible sources of input into the policy development process. The ALAC at least in terms of design has the potential of representing many more individuals if it is successful. Both in my opinion are relatively untested to date in terms of their representativeness of the individual user community. The GA list members are trying to work on their legitimacy by applying some rules to the list; the ALAC is just now at a point where there are approved RALOs for all five regions so we will now see whether the At-Large structure will result in obtaining feedback from individual users all over the world and feed it back into policy development efforts. Regardless of how effective either may be in representing a broad base of individual users, they are still avenues for input, something that is important in our bottom-up processes. Chuck Gomes "This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized use, distribution, or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy/delete the original transmission."
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:07 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] GA
How do fellow Councillors understand the difference between the GA mail list (individuals) and the ALAC organisation (individuals) who have a liaison on Council?