[atlarge-discuss] A practical suggestion?

[espresso@e-scape.net]

Hello, all,

Some members of this group and a few people outside it have been discussing related matters thanks to Jim Fleming's impromptu list-building and some provocative remarks. Joanna Lane, our Panel Chair, was kind enough to suggest that I repost one of my comments here as a kind of working draft of a "To do" list, in the hope that we can decide how to respond to ICANN about its proposed reform.

I'll wait your comments and hope the exercise will be of interest.

Regards,

Judyth

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: espresso@e-scape.net [mailto:espresso@e-scape.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 3:48 AM
> To: Jim Fleming [and sundry others]
> Subject: Re: "...the start of something big, really BIG..."
>
>
> At 22:11 -0500 2002/09/14, Jim Fleming wrote:
>
>
> >Need some FREE names ?
> >
> [snip]
> >http://AtLarge.yi.org
> [snip]
>
> That one would work nicely in English, with the "yi" standing for
> "your Internet" ...
>
> but honestly I think the issue is less what the name will be than
> what the organization will be -- if it ever becomes an organization.
>
> My journalistic streak is surfacing tonight so I'll put it like this :
>
> WHO ...
> ...are we?
> ...are we trying to recruit?
> ...are we trying to talk to?
>
> WHAT ...
> ...is our message?
> ...are we willing to do to articulate it?
> ...will we use to disseminate it?
>
> WHEN ...
> ...do we plan to have the basic mechanism in place?
> ...can we begin explaining a concrete plan to potential members?
> ...will we be ready to work together on practical objectives?
>
> WHERE ...
> ...is the best place to incorporate and place our headquarters?
> ...can one find a clear, simple statement of what "Atlarge" is and does?
> ...can the ordinary Internet user find intelligible summaries of
> what he or she needs to know about Internet governance?
>
> WHY ...
> ...should an Internet user care how the Internet is governed?
> ...should he or she be interested in joining an "Atlarge"?
> ...should the powers-that-be give a hoot what the Internet users think?
>
> If we could collectively answer each of those questions in 100
> words or less of intelligible prose and slap the results up on a
> simple Web site the general public could read without their eyes
> glazing over, I think we'd have some hope of achieving something.
> If not, then probably not.
>
> I wonder what would happen if we asked the discussion list to
> tackle one of those questions a week and produce an agreed-upon
> text by the Sunday? That would mean 15 weeks, at the end of which
> we'd have some sort of consensus on where we're going, a Web site
> text, and the fundaments for a Constitution, bylaws, a
> recruitment strategy, and an action plan. Allowing for some
> fine-tuning and brainstorming, we could be incorporated and ready
> to go by February or March...
>
> Regards,
>
> Judyth
>
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> Judyth Mermelstein     "cogito ergo lego ergo cogito..."
> Montreal, QC           <espresso@e-scape.net>
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> "A word to the wise is sufficient. For others, use more."
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