Bret, I am also awaiting your response on Evan's remarks... Dominik -----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Evan Leibovitch Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:32 PM To: Bret Fausett Cc: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] ALAC Review Draft is published Bret Fausett wrote:
I very much like the fact that one ALAC representative from each region comes from the NomComm,
Please elaborate. I see NomComm as a way to repress -- or at least inhibit the growth of -- a distinct character for ALAC. It has seemed to me that the appointees exist to ensure that ALAC does not stray too far from ICANN culture. What is rationalized as a benign injection of "wisdom" is, IMO a euphamism for "conventional wisdom", retarding advocacy and points of view beyond the status quo. It seems that, in the recommendations, At-Large is to be tolerated so long as measures exist to ensure that it doesn't get too confrontational. The changes that are suggested -- wikis rather than mailing lists, rejection of the board vote, more NomComm appointees, expanded scrutiny of ALSs while more than one-third of ALAC is beyond any scrutiny once installed -- all point to an obsession with avoiding confrontation. (And when ICANN is served with confrontation it can't avoid -- in court -- it backs down rather than defends the interests of the public it is supposed to serve. Does there need to be a class-action lawsuit to get ICANN to listen to the public?) What positive actions does the all-appointed (pre-RALO) ALAC have to claim for all its years of existence? It took _staff_ such as Jacob to do the outreach that brought in ALSs like mine. Why are there no appointees to ALAC's other big advisory group, the GAC? Because governments would never stand for that, yet the public interest has no choice but to have arbitrary "wisdom" inflicted upon it. That's my POV. I really would like to hear a reasonable defence of NomComm appointees to ALAC that doesn't use the term "wisdom". I haven't heard one yet. - Evan ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists .icann.org Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org ------