Re: [icann-eu] At Large Study web site, members

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

Since you have time to respond on this list, how about answering my
question?

Here it is again:

"Everyone with any grip on reality knows that there is a sort of ICANN
'loyal opposition'.  These are people who think that your management of
the entity has been a PR and practical disaster.  These are people who
voted for Karl and Andy instead of the candidates nominated by ICANN's
hand-picked Nominating Committee.

"Everyone involved in ICANN could easily name a number of such people.
Since they can elect candidates they obviously have at least some
substantial support. They tend to be the strongest belivers in the
At-Large concept as originally endorsed by ICANN in its agreement with the
U.S. government.  In your opinion, is there a single one of these people
on the Bildt committee?  If so, who?  If not, why?"

On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Mike Roberts wrote:

> At 14:38 +0100 3/4/01, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> >On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:55:06 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >>Hans - this sort of foolishness is just going to confirm the total
> >>irrelevancy of your efforts in the minds of the people willing to
> >>give the U.S. liberals another chance to participate effectively in
> >>At Large.
> >
> >Dear Mr. Roberts,
> >
> >I am not an "US liberal". In fact, I'm not American - I'm Italian and
> >I'm not a member of any political party. But I am a member of the ICC.
> >
> >I went to Los Angeles on my own, because I believe in the bottom-up
> >organization of the Internet and in the ideal that "the Internet is
> >for everyone" and especially for people, and not just for businesses -
> >even if I am a manager for an international dot-com company. And I
> >personally find it hurting that you reduce an international issue into
> >a matter of local (US) politics.
> 
> I was objecting to an outrageous case of character assassination  by
> an American university professor who should know better.
> 
> 
> >I don't know if you believe in this ideal, or in any other ideal.
> >But I am sure that Mr. Bildt does have ideals. Nevertheless, if the
> >news about him not coming to Melbourne is true, I wonder how much
> >interest he in fact has in this particular issue. I also wonder if any
> >At Large member is a member of the At Large Study committee. As an At
> >Large member, I feel like a native american whose future is being
> >decided by a committee of nine WASP persons (just to put it the
> >American way, if you like it).
> 
> We all have ethnic backgrounds of one kind or another.  I'm fourth
> generation of Irish-American.  What does that have to do with fitness
> to serve on the study committee?  Were you actually serious in
> suggesting that all nine of the committee members are Anglo-Saxon
> Protestant?
> 
> I suspect that several of the members of the study committee
> activated their memberships and voted in last year's election.  Since
> we promised everyone privacy in this matter,  it's none of your
> business or mine whether they did or not.
> 
> The Chair and Vice Chairs of the study committee have already put in
> dozens of hours working to get the study organized and to prepare for
> the first meeting in Melbourne.  Pindar Wong, Vice Chair, who is from
> the Asia Pacific region, is eminently qualified to preside in
> Melbourne.  As others on this list have observed in the past, there
> has to be balance in access to the committee via several different
> means - face to face, email, web, forums, etc.  Since the site and
> email are now up, further suggestions on effective communication - to
> the committee and its Executive Director - are very much in order.
> 
> 
> >
> >Ciaô ne,
> >
> >--
> >.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo vb.
> >Vittorio Bertola     <vb@vitaminic.net>    Ph. +39 011 23381220
> >Vitaminic [The Music Evolution] - Vice President for Technology
> 
> 

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