Danny Younger wrote:
What's more important? Having a very small influence over board composition, or bringing user concerns directly to the GNSO Council and working with our peers to develop proper policies?
In theory, we are supposed to have influence within the Board itself. After playing a role in NomComm appointments(*), ALAC should, through its direct Board rep, be able to express the public interest in just about every topic it encounters. The board rep should be involved in promoting openness and accountability, and ALAC should be very loud and public if the At-Large rep is ignored or patronized. Having said that, the ALAC board rep needs far more support than currently exists. But that's an issue of maturity, not of an impossible structure. In any case, given the track record of NCUC's ability to advance its own agenda, I'm not sure that NARALO's getting involved in GNSO promises any more concrete results than we're getting from the status quo. - Evan