Re: [atlarge-discuss] Chair

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

Cheryl and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

  Whomever that Panel elects as their chair, NEVER consider yourself
as a "Mere Member".  As James Monroe made clear, in a democracy,
"the people are the souverns"...

Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:

> I agree, and there are advantages in having a new Chair at this embryonic
> stage (with no slight on the work done by any or ALL of the interim Panel)
> Therefore a 'Joanna as Chair' agreement by the Elected Panel would certainly
> have my (as a mere member) support...
>
> Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Australia)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Love [mailto:james.love@cptech.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2002 11:30 AM
> > To: Hans Klein
> > Cc: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> > Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Chair
> >
> >
> > Hans Klein wrote:
> > > ** what does the position of Chair entail?
> >
> >      In my opinion, one thing the job of chair requires is attention to a
> > number of organizational details that must be completed for the
> > organization
> > to grow up.  This means the ability to work with people in an online
> > environment and get decisions clarified and agreed upon by the
> > panel.  Part
> > of this is a willingness to take the time to do it, and to have
> > some sense
> > of what the loose ends are.
> >
> >      Another job is to be a spokesperson for the group, which
> > means having
> > the sense to stay within the area where there exists significant support,
> > and also to be an articulate proponent of the public having the right to
> > elect its own representatives in the ICANN process.  If not the
> > icannatlarge.com chair, who?
> >
> >      I think that lots of us can do many of these things, and
> > some of us can
> > do some but not others.
> >
> >      A number of persons have nominated Joanna Lane, the former BBC
> > employee, who co-authored the "Best Practices for the General Assembly"
> > document, and who played a key role in getting the GA to hold the
> > rebid vote
> > (that resulted in the ICANN board banning such votes) and who really
> > organized this election.
> >
> >       While I think there are many persons on the board who would
> > be a good
> > chair, I think we would be lucky to have Joanna.
> >
> >     Jamie
> >
> > ------
> > James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
> > http://www.cptech.org, mailto:love@cptech.org
> > voice: 1.202.387.8030; mobile 1.202.361.3040
> >
> >
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