JFC Morfin wrote:

Now, the question is: "is it good for the Community that the BoD acts as an audit and a wisepeople council rather than a leader?". There are cons and pros. jfc

For me, definitely yes. Leaders are usually necessary in communities of people not strong enough to take responsibility for their own affaires. Dominik -----Original Message----- From: euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of JFC Morfin Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:58 PM To: Discussion for At-Large Europe; Discussion for At-Large Europe Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] ALAC Review Draft is published At 20:57 19/06/2008, Dominik Filipp wrote:

A ridiculous, upside down logic. I would personally recommend that At-Large refuse the draft document as a whole due to a false logic it is based upon.

I am not sure this is ridiculous: this is a very good account of the way ICANN decisions are taken. As consensuses prepared by the Staff: france@large observed it is also the case at ALAC (through its accreditation process). Now, the question is: "is it good for the Community that the BoD acts as an audit and a wisepeople council rather than a leader?". There are cons and pros. jfc _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lis ts.icann.org Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org