Subject: Individual reps for GA I don't really understand this concept. I thought this was the purpose for creating the ALS/ALAC/et al. Within this concept are we not reverting to an at-large membership base?
The point of at-large is to represent individual users, with the ALS and RALOs being relatively recently added intermediate levels between the users who are supposed to be represented and ICANN. Nearly every ALS could just as well join the NCUC or one of the other consitituencies if it wants to influence ICANN's actions as an organization.
Why would someone want to be part of an ALS if they could just have a direct correspondence anyway by claiming to be part of this as an individual?
Good question. I suppose the answer is that they might want to participate through the ALS if the ALS provides more value in helping understand what's going on, rather than just being a chokepoint between them and the RALO. But why is this a problem in an organization that is supposed to represent the interests of individual users in the first place? R's, John