[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY discusses at-large membership of ICANN

[Danny Younger]

Patrick,

I am equally convinced that self-interest is
motivating this participatory exercise rather than
concern for the at-large community.  I see no
provisions in the EURALO MOU or other pertinent
documents that guard against capture by a
self-interested faction.  ISOC chapters now constitute
eight out of the 17 At-Large Structures in Europe. Get
one more to join and you will have effectively
captured the process.  

Meanwhile, this EURALO does not provide any voting
rights to individuals, the very people that it
purportedly represents, and in fact has provisions to
prevent any individual not affiliated with an
organization from being elected as a representative.

As far as I am concerned, ALAC members (including the
new ones) don't have the interests of the average
registrant/user at heart.  The people behind this
initiative are civil society types that would rather
argue the nuances of internet government theory than
roll up their sleeves and tackle the operational
issues that affect the rest of us.

Sorry, but I've heard the essence of your remarks too
often without seeing results.  The constant refrain
has been, we need more time, we need more outreach, we
need more funding, we need this, we need that, we have
new members that need to get up to speed, we need to
formalize our rules, we need to set up a new website,
and another and another (the ALAC now has 5 websites
and two dozen non-productive lists), etc. etc. etc... 


In the meantime, problems are not getting fixed. 
Research isn't being conducted, working groups aren't
being formed.  But all of you are ready to charge down
to Rio for the IGF.

Sorry, but as much as you would like to believe that
you are the at-large, you are not.  You are
well-meaning organizations that should be signed up
instead within ICANN's Non-Commercial Constituency. 
You don't represent us or those that previously
elected Andy-Mueller Maguhn to serve on the Board.  

The At-large is more than a few Civil Society
organizations.  We are the people whose very
livelihoods can be destroyed by the failure of a
single registrar.  We can't risk having those without
a passion for our interests pretend to represent us --
the stakes are too high.



--- Patrick Vande Walle <patrick at vande-walle.eu>
wrote:

> Danny,
> 
> I  noticed your concern about the lack of past
> achievements of the
> ALAC.  Altjoigh our chapter has been an ALS for 3
> years, it has only
> been the last 6 top 9 months that we were given the
> necessary tools to
> actively paticipate. This is the case for most
> RALOs. Hence, I guess the
> blame should not be on us, but rather on the "old
> guard.
> 
> This is why I pointed out that there will be many
> new people on the
> committee in the coming months.  I am pretty
> confident that both the
> RALOs and the renewed ALAC  will strive to make the
> process work and
> deliver the content in the future.
> 
> Danny Younger wrote:
> > Patrick,
> >
> > Please take note of the letter I just sent to the
> > North American At-Large list:
> >   
> -- 
> Patrick Vande Walle
> Check my blog at http://patrick.vande-walle.eu
> Jabber me at patrick at vande-walle.eu
> 
> 



 
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