Re: [NA-Discuss] [At-Large] Results of the Voting for ALAC NominatingCommittee 2008 Appointments
Vittorio, Re: "appointing to the Nomcom a key employee of one of the biggest registrars" It looks like the ALAC has also seen fit to appoint to the Noncom a key employee of one the biggest registries -- Afilias. The last time that I checked, Desiree Miloshevic served as the International Affairs and Policy Advisor for Afilias, the registry operator for .info as well as being a back-end provider for other registries. Has her employment status changed? Did these candidates provide Statements of Interest that revealed their employment history? and why exactly is the ALAC electing supplier-side representatives to the NonCom? Out of the billions of users out there, couldn't they find a sufficient number of suitable "user" candidates? The issue is bigger than possible malfeasance in an election process; it makes me wonder if "popularity contests" have replaced suitable due diligence in what should have been a very serious process. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
Danny Younger wrote:
Did these candidates provide Statements of Interest that revealed their employment history?
Danny - further to the background I sent you last night offline, I'd also add that my statement of interests has been a matter of the public record for as long as I can remember. In early 2006, I formalized them at the follow URL: http://www.byte.org/blog/_WebPages/StatementofInterestsforRossRader.html My telephone numbers are also listed on that page for anyone that has questions. I will be updating that page after the AGM to reflect the fact that I will no longer be an official representative of the registrar constituency in any way. My term of appointment to the GNSO Council by the registrar constituency will have come to a close and all of my elected task force work will also have completed. As I mentioned offline to you, in discussing this new found time with Robert a month or so ago, I had mentioned to him that I would like to rekindle my participation in the ALAC (I'm pretty sure that last time I participated in a meeting was at the ICANN meeting in Rome) and to start seriously looking at how we can bring some real meaning to the GA structure. I was very flattered when he let me know that he had put my name forward for this position and truly believe that I can bring a lot to the nominating committee table on behalf of the user community. I had mentioned to Robert yesterday that I would like to get the ball rolling early in terms of soliciting feedback and input on the expectations and recommendations of the membership in advance of the formal nominating committee process getting started. If you have any suggestions on how I might best approach this, I'd really appreciate the guidance. I see a great opportunity this year to move ICANN further away from the institutional bias of many of the insiders and instead start to form expectations of ICANN as a steward of a public resource (and not purely that of a coordinator of technical resources and security concerns). I don't see a long term future for ICANN unless it assumes a role as a public steward and all that this would entail. Anyways, I hope this further clarifies my intentions. If there are other questions that I can answer, please let me know. regards, -ross
Alan has indicated that: "None of the NA people on the ALAC personally knew Dierker, and were not comfortable with putting his name forward to the rest of the ALAC." What a statement! The NA people on the ALAC that have only recently been active in ICANN matters don't personally know a veteran of the process that has been continuously active for the last seven years in defense of the user interest, and they chose not to make an effort to personally get to know him... it was easier just scrapping his nomination without consulting the NARALO membership and without engaging in due diligence. What are we doing here? Are we building private little clubs that only our small circle of friends can join? Is this how suitable candidates for the NonCom are being selected? Sorry, but to me this smacks of cronyism, and I find it to be repulsive. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
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