On 4/30/07, Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart@icann.org > wrote:

Sorry to be responding to some of this so long after the questions
were posted, but I just returned from holiday + being ill.

To answer the question: There are currently no procedures for
decertification of an ALS by ALAC, though as noted the Bylaws of ICANN
do provide for the ability of the ALAC to create such and make use of
them.

On 16/04/07, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Luc Faubert wrote:  "The Chair could be responsible to
> determine which ALSes made contributions that are
> "worthwhile".
>
> Opposed to such powers in the hands of the Chair.  The
> ICANN bylaws provide for the possibility of ALS
> decertification:
>
> "Decisions to certify or de-certify an At-Large
> Structure shall require a 2/3 vote of all of the
> members of the ALAC and shall be subject to review
> according to procedures established by the Board."
>
> We should have the ALAC publish these decertification
> procedures. I, for one, certainly haven't seen them
> anywhere.  Nick, can you arrange for these procedures
> to be published?
>
> --- Evan Leibovitch < evan@telly.org> wrote:
>
> > Luc Faubert wrote:
> > > "The Chair could be responsible to determine which
> > ALSes made contributions that are "worthwhile".
> > >
> > Absolutely opposed, to anything requiring a
> > judgement call.
> >
> > I am accountable to my group's membership for the
> > quality of our
> > participation -- not to ICANN, and certainly not to
> > this sub-group that
> > -- so far -- can't demonstrate competence at even
> > determining a meeting
> > site (a month before the meeting is supposed to take
> > place!).
> >
> > Am I the only one to see the irony of a group whose
> > participants
> > complain about the arbitrariness of ICANN staff
> > power, yet have no
> > problem assigning similarly arbitrary authority to
> > the group itself? Two
> > wrongs do NOT make a right.
> >
> > Quanitify what you consider "worthwhile" or leave
> > such a provision out.
> > If you can't quanitify it, I can't trust it.
> >
> > - Evan
> >
> >
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