Alan and all, Quite frankly I don't see the relationship of the NonCom and the ALAC or ALS'es as being necessarly the same. Yet there are of course issues that are shared between the two as are the solutions to those issues. However still differences remain and likely always shall. Ergo, this points up a significant problem with the ALAC review draft. Someone didn't do theiur homework very well, or are so new to ICANN that they need to listen more and pontificate much less. Alan Greenberg wrote:
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
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