Have these issues been resolved? When will they be resolved? I dont think disparaging their interest in involvement is warranted. A fundamental lack of understanding of what community networking is all about is the root of the problem.
No, the problem is that the ICANN bylaws make it quite clear what the rules to be an ALS are, and they don't meet them, not having individual members. They should join the NCUC where they will have a lot more influence and meet lots of interesting people. The phrase "community networking" appears nowhere in ICANN's bylaws, so whatever it is, it's irrelevant to being an ALS.
On 4/16/07, John L <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
We had enough trouble dealing with outfits that don't meet the criteria (they belong in the NCUC) but for some unfathomable reason really really really want to be ALS, then get the ICANN ombudsman involved who doesn't understand the ALS rules either, leading to an incredible bureaucratic timesink that distracted the ALAC for months.
Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.