On 2007-01-23 12:44:20 +0100, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
Although ALAC has produced statements on all sort of policy issues, it is not clear to the outside world what role have the ALSes played in this. Also, it will be difficult for ALAC, or for the Board, to claim that these ALAC statements have been produced by, or at least in consultation with, the internet community if there is no evidence of discussion in the mailing lists.
To make that happen, there's a considerable contribution needed by ALAC members: Explaining ICANN issues in a way that makes them understandable and accessible to people outside the immediate ICANN structure. I'll admit that I was extremely negligent about this when I was on ALAC myself. But having left the bubble that ICANN is, I now appreciate just *how* difficult it is to even get a good sense for what on earth ICANN is doing at any particular moment. -- Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>