RE: [atlarge-discuss] Acceptance of Nomination

["Bruce Young" <Bruce@barelyadequate.info>]

I agree with Satyajit:

-  Outrerach is essential.  ICANN's outreach efforts in support of the At
Large was intentionally inept. Once we have our officers in place we need a
grassroots effort on the part of every member to grow our membership.

-  As Satyajit notes, we need much more involvement from all regions outside
of Europe and North America.  This forum will not be successful if our
membership is not very diverse.  Only with strong representation from evey
corner of the globe can we reasonably claim to represent the concensus of
Internet users world-wide.

Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon USA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Satyajit Gupta [mailto:icheckemail@indiatimes.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:54 PM
To: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
Cc: atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de
Subject: [atlarge-discuss] Acceptance of Nomination


Dear Friends,

I am accepting the nomination but at the cost of sounding pessimistic, I
would like to state the following:-

1. Outreach: Icannatlarge has simply not taken off in terms of outreach... I
am sorry that I could not give more time to outreach in my region.
Unfortunately, I am also not aware of anyone else doing outreach work...
neither Mr. Vivek Durai nor Mr. Na. Vijayashanker have done anything as far
as I know...

2. Panel Meetings: This has been a cause for great concern for me - just
because I may not be able to afford to physically attend ICANN Meetings does
NOT mean that I should not be made a part of the deliberative processes -
unfortunately, thats what happened! I propose that the 12 month Panel
establish remote meeting mechanisms as this is essential to any consultative
body.

3. Regional Divide: Even though Izumi was from Asia Pacific, we simply did
not have enough realization/ awareness of issues for Asia. I propose that
the regional issues be paid attention if you want to effectively reach out
to users and NCDNHC.

4. More active Chair: I saw a fairly effective (in spurts) Chair in Don
Vittorio but as for Izumi, he was the quietest member ever - reacting only
when he was directly implicated by someone. This will simply not do!

Finally, I would like to apologize for not pushing my case enough - but
after Bucharest, I had kind of given up with this Panel - not to the extent
of resigning - Jamie Love, you are a better man!

Regards,

Satyajit Gupta

National Law School of India
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