Alan and all, No personal offense from me towards yourself. But any "Appointed" position by the NomCom to the RALO, and in your case, the NARLO that is a "Free Agent" to make determinations on behalf of the NomCom members, including myself, is really why the RALO structure and subsequently in part, the GNSO is ill concieved. To make decisions or effect any actions unilaterly on behalf of any membership without their informed and in the majority consent is in no reasonable way ethical. So I hope you will bare this basic good principal in mind at all times. Thank you! >:) -----Original Message-----

From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> Sent: May 12, 2008 6:35 PM To: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: alac-internal <alac-admin@icann.org> Subject: [NA-Discuss] My status as a NomCom appointee on the ALAC

During the recent discussion on the ALAC support of the statement on GNSO restructuring, I was the subject of strong criticism due to my actions (or lack of them) and my status as a NomCom appointee (as opposed to a RALO appointee). There have also been statements about my motivations (although I know of no mind-reading certifications among NARALO members). I have found these statements deeply offensive, both on a personal and professional level.

Since it is not the first time that this has happened, I would like to make things as crystal clear as I can.

I am a Nominating Committee appointee to the ALAC. That means I am a free agent and I am not REQUIRED to take any actions on behalf of the NARALO. But it says nothing about what I WILL do.

As an aside, as far as I can tell, ALAC members appointed by the NARALO are also not formally required to follow NARALO instruction (although I have no doubt that the incumbents and all future such appointees would act in good faith).

To the extent that there are NARALO selected ALAC members participating in any meeting or activity, I will assume that they will take any actions necessary on behalf of their RALO. If there are not other NA ALAC members participating and NARALO leadership is not already informed, I will take all reasonable actions to ensure that the RALO is informed and will duly pass back any reasonably formal NARALO opinions, requests, motions, etc. that reach me (by "formal" I mean that I do not commit to pass on every comment that may be made by someone on a mailing list).

I will not pass on documents or consult with the NARALO if the documents I receive or communications I have are stated to be confidential, or if I do not have suitable connectivity. In the latter case, if something is extremely urgent, I will attempt to use SMS if that is practical. I also reserve the right to occasionally be sick.

To the best of my knowledge, I have always followed these principles, and certainly did in the case of the statement on GNSO reform (and despite my being in Rwanda at the time and with poor connectivity, the lack of connectivity was not an issue - nor has it been in any other substantive ALAC matter over the last year+).

I would be very surprised if other NomCom appointees have substantially different positions, but of course I cannot speak for them.

I make no claim to being infallible, and I will no doubt mess up on occasion. But I hope that this puts to rest statements about ALAC NomCom appointees acting inappropriately.

Alan

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