At 17/06/2008 12:32 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
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.
I find this a rather curious comment. Many (perhaps most) of the NomCom appointees to the ALAC and GNSO that I am familiar with have little or no background with ICANN before their appointment. It is certainly the situation in my case. Also, ALAC currently names almost 1/3 of the NomCom. If these people are helping to appoint such poor contributors to the At-Large cause, then we are either naming people who don't espouse our views, or who are particularly poor in persuading their colleagues regarding what is needed. Alan