<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>At this point there is little that can be done in order to get a Yes vote from me in this Review Process. Sorry.<br><br>Javier Rúa-Jovet<div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+1-787-396-6511</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">twitter: @javrua</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">skype: javier.rua1</span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua</a> </font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Feb 5, 2017, at 6:50 AM, Yrjö Länsipuro <<a href="mailto:yrjo_lansipuro@hotmail.com">yrjo_lansipuro@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>I totally agree with Olivier. Doing away with ALS'es is like trying to renovate the house by detonating the foundation. Total disaster.</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 5, 2017 2:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alejandro Pisanty; Richard Hill<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] New version of ICANN At-Large Review - ISOC Chapters role and future</font>
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On 04/02/2017 21:01, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:<br>
> Problems like capture by a few individuals will not be solved and in<br>
> fact most likely will be aggravated by the "enhanced membership model."<br>
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The Review carries anonymous quotes from people who dislike the fact<br>
that At-Large and the ALAC are standing in their way to turn ICANN into<br>
a domain name business association. Bringing the input of Internet end<br>
users to ICANN's technically and legally super-complex processes is a<br>
very hard task indeed. I know - I chaired that process for 4 years and<br>
to say that it was challenging is an understatement. But the current<br>
structure of At-Large which has several tiers for hierarchy of "control"<br>
but an entirely open bottom-up model where everybody is allowed to<br>
attend any meeting or call and to participate and to voice their<br>
opinion, actually provides for a stable environment with stable<br>
processes which can actually help in reaching consensus and getting the<br>
ALAC to act. That is exactly the thing that bothers other parts of<br>
ICANN: that the ALAC is slowly but surely, over time, surmounting the<br>
largest hurdle to a multi-stakeholder system which is to get the input<br>
of the real end users out there - and that it is doing so with renewed<br>
harmony and proven bottom-up processes.<br>
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Instead, as Alejandro mentions, the Review asks for a return to an<br>
unstable, free for all, system based only on individual members speaking<br>
for themselves only, a system that was shown to fail miserably as it<br>
generates conflict with no safeguards whatsoever and favours those with<br>
a bigger mouth than anyone else. The ICANN version 1 experiment failed<br>
noticeably in the early 2000s, with ballot stuffing in wide practice and<br>
mailing lists that were filled with flame wars fuelled by socio-paths. I<br>
remember that so well: having been subscribed to the early DNSO (Domain<br>
Name Support Association) mailing list, I quickly got sick of the daily<br>
dose of venom from psychos that should have been interned, un-subscribed<br>
myself and, after the failed At-Large elections which I predicted were<br>
going to fail, removed myself completely from having anything to do with<br>
ICANN until it had a meeting in Paris in 2008.<br>
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The Review is deeply flawed in that it is not an analysis of At-Large<br>
and the ALAC. On the contrary, it is a collection of opinions, many of<br>
them deeply flawed or factually wrong, and recommendations derived from<br>
these flawed opinions. Good opinions of At-Large were ditched and only<br>
criticism was kept, whether warranted or unwarranted. It is a lynching<br>
of reality and I give it as much truth as the flawed populist campaigns<br>
the world has recently seen, thus predicting an equally gruesome future<br>
for At-Large.<br>
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By following the mantra "Let's make At-Large great again", the reviewers<br>
are actually proposing to kill it.<br>
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Kindest regards,<br>
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Olivier<br>
(own opinions)<br>
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