Re: [atlarge-discuss] First Thoughts on ALAC

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Vittorio and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 23:37:39 EDT, you wrote:
>
> >The current "Blueprint" calls for a 15-member board with 5 "Liaisons" who may
> >participate in Board discussions and deliberations like Directors but don't
> >cast votes.  These liaisons are drawn from the "Advisory Committees":  TAC,
> >RSSAC, SAC, GAC and the IETF/IAB.
> >
> >Under the Blueprint, the ALAC will not have Liaison status.   This issue
> >should be reviewed.
>
> AFAIK, the ALAC should have a non voting liaison on the Board - at
> least, this is what we were told in Bucharest. However we surely need
> to stress this point, and perhaps to ask for it to be voting (though,
> given the fact that other AC liaisons will be non voting, it seems to
> me quite difficult to obtain this).

  Even a non-voting liaison on the BOD is far from good enough!

>
>
> >The ALAC should be available to provide *** advice and guidance to the Board
> >and to other organizations within ICANN. It should serve both as a resource
> >that can be called upon to pursue specific questions and as an active
> >watchdog ensuring that *** issues that might otherwise be overlooked are
> >brought to the attention of decision makers. It also serves as a meeting
> >point for different parts of the *** community to come together to discuss
> >global *** policy issues within the scope of ICANN's mission.
> >
> >Please note that ALL current advisory committees have an "appointed"
> >membership, and that it would be naive to think that the ALAC will be an
> >exception to this rule (even the governments appoint members to the GAC).
>
> Yes. This is a good point, and one I take into account in my
> proposals. A fully elective Committee would be good, but I don't think
> it can be obtained now. However, I think we could still try to insert
> elections in the process, and this would be a good target. (See my
> separate message.)
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> vb.               [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<------
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