At the risk at getting embroiled in pointless name-calling, John I think you are demonstrating precisely the mindset that is behind the reason that only one person is standing for each of the four positions. So here are some questions: * How many NARALO members are there? * How many ALSes in North America are there? * How many individuals are subscribed to this mailing list? * What is the subscribe/unsubscribe rate of the list each month for the past six months? * How many individuals engage on this mailing list? * Is there an NARALO Facebook page? * Is there an NARALO Twitter presence? * Is there a NARALO newsletter? How many are subscribed to it? * Is there a NARALO summary of events for members for ICANN Prague? These are basic questions, basic steps for a grassroots organization. And they all cost $0. Kieren On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:53 PM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
Has anyone considered that the reason only one person is standing for each
of four posts is that no one outside this small group is actually aware of the election?
Pretty sure that's not it.
Or that because there is such little effort to engage broadly that they
don't see any good reason to put themselves forward?
Don't think that's it either.
Will you all *please* consider that you are supposed to be representing
the Internet users of the whole of North America - millions of people - within a crucial Internet body.
With a $0 budget. Get real.
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