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Re: [atlarge-discuss] (fwd) [icann-announce] ICANN Announces Nominating Committee Chair and Interim At-Large Advisory Committee Members
Esther (or Stuart),
It is good to see the interim ALAC established as the first step to
restoring some at large participation in ICANN. Overall the Board has
made some laudable choices in their appointments.
I am hoping you may be able to give some guidance to icannatlarge.org
as to how this dedicated group of 1,000+ people can play a part in the
ALAC (if the members vote that they wish to do so).
The problem that I see it is that icannatlarge.org is a global body
and hence not eligible to join a RALO and the RALOs are the only way
to join ALAC. This poses somewhat of a dilemma to icannatlarge.org
and the many members who have spent hundreds of hours trying to
establish it.
How would you advise icannatlarge.org to best resolve this dilemna, if
it wants to be involved in ALAC? Should it dissolve itself into five
separate regional bodies? Or could it act as a federation of five
regional bodies and gain recognition that way? Or is there any chance
that advocacy to ICANN to allow global at large bodies to also be
represented within ALAC would meet with favour?
Any thoughts you or Stuart can share on this matter would be much
appreciated as I don't think it benefits any of us to have people
spending time and energy moving in a particular direction if it is the
wrong one!
Regards
DPF
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:15:52 -0500, Esther Dyson
<edyson@edventure.com> wrote:
>Thank you!
>
>Esther
>
>
>At 03:28 AM 1/21/2003, Kleinwächter wrote:
>>Congratulation to Thomas and Vittorio and all the others for being selected
>>as Members of the Interim ALAC.
>>
>>You have both a great chance and a great responsibility to pave the way for
>>something which could become unique in the history of the development of the
>>Internet: A diversiefied plattform of individual and ordinary Internet users
>>around the world where they can discuss their problems, develop policies and
>>communicate them to the ICANN board of Directors for consideration before
>>decision making.
>>
>>You can take it for granted they I will support this process as an ordinary
>>Internet users and contribute both to the development of a global at large
>>constituency and to the building of RALOs - mainly in the European context.
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>
>>Wolfgang Kleinwächter
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "DPF" <david@farrar.com>
>>To: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:45 AM
>>Subject: [atlarge-discuss] (fwd) [icann-announce] ICANN Announces Nominating
>>Committee Chair and Interim At-Large Advisory Committee Members
>>
>>
>>Congratulations to Vittorio and Thomas and any other member for their
>>appointment to ALAC even though of course we hope such top down
>>appointments will be one off once bottom up elections are in place.
>>
>>Of the ten people appointed, seven appear to have significant
>>experience or commitment to at large issues plus we have one former
>>Chair of ICANN, one person who seems more a rep of the IP Constituency
>>(no at large or non commercial involvement) and one likewise who
>>appears to have a business background only with no at large or user
>>involvement.
>>
>>However overall seven out of ten is better than I expected and I look
>>forward to seeing progress from the ALAC towards genuine democratic
>>user involvement.
>>
>>DPF
>>
>>On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:34:32 -0800, icann-announce@icann.org wrote:
>>
>> >The Board also launched the ALAC, another key plank in the reformed ICANN
>> >structure, by naming ten individuals who have agreed to serve on an interim
>> >basis until the permanent ALAC can be formed. They are:
>> >
>> > * Pierre Dandjinou (Benin)
>> > * Clement Dzidonu (Ghana)
>> > * Izumi Aizu (Japan)
>> > * Xue Hong (China)
>> > * Thomas Roessler (Germany)
>> > * Vittorio Bertola (Italy)
>> > * Erick Iriarte Ahon (Peru)
>> > * Sebastián J. Ricciardi (Argentina)
>> > * Esther Dyson (USA)
>> > * Wendy Seltzer (USA)
>> >
>> >Information on these individuals is posted at
>> ><http://www.icann.org/committees/alac>
>> >
>> >In keeping with ICANN's new bylaws, underpinning the ALAC will be a network
>> >of self-organizing, self-supporting "at-large" structures throughout the
>> >world involving individual Internet users at the local or issue level.
>> >These structures will form five "Regional At Large Organizations" (RALOs)
>> >that will be the main forum and coordination point in each region for
>>public
>> >input to ICANN. The ALAC structure will provide advice to the Board and
>> >other organizations within ICANN regarding the needs for, and the impact
>>of,
>> >proposed policies on the Internet's individual users.
>> >
>> >The new bylaws call for the Interim ALAC members to serve until each RALO
>>can
>> >be established and elect its own members to the permanent ALAC.
>> >
>> >ICANN President Stuart Lynn thanked "these ten individuals who have
>> >graciously agreed to organize new ways to attract the many voices of
>>Internet
>> >users, from around the world, into the ICANN process. The RALO/ALAC
>>structure
>> >will provide for continuing, informed, and real participation by those
>> >interested in the work of ICANN."
>> >
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