Re: [atlarge-discuss] icannatlarge.com meeting in Bucharest

["W. E. (Ted) Murray" <Fred@knowcon.ca>]

Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 12:40:21 AM, you wrote:

AS> Dear all,

AS> I was at the Bucharest At Large meeting; James Love 
AS> has already posted something, I'll add my notes.

AS> The discussion regarding icannatlarge.com -- as you know
AS> James Love has resigned from the elected Interim Steering
AS> Panel -- is more an issue of priorities than a matter of
AS> anyone clinging onto their power (what power anyway?).

AS> James Love emphasizes the temporary nature of the Interim
AS> Steering Panel and wants to hold elections as soon as
AS> possible to avoid the panellists being called "panelsquatters"
AS> in analogy to certain interim Board members [aside: Hans
AS> Kraaijenbrink introduced himself ironically as "ICANN 
AS> Boardsquatter" at the cross-constituency meeting]. Vittorio
AS> Bertola, Izumi Aizu and Wolfgang Kleinwaechter -- the
AS> panel members present in Bucharest -- put the emphasis
AS> (to varying degrees) on the task of the panellists to
AS> put some structure in place. The view seems to be that
AS> the panellists should at least present draft bylaws for
AS> icannatlarge.com so that people know what they're actually
AS> voting on. To make this possible, this has to happen before
AS> the election takes place.

AS> When the /unelected/ interim panel organized icannatlarge.com's
AS> *first* election (where those mentioned above were elected),
AS> the 90 days rule was designed with the thought that the 
AS> organization might grow considerably in a short period of time
AS> after the *first* election. The 90 days are of course set
AS> somewhat arbitrarily. I understand both points of view that
AS> were presented at the meeting, but I would have preferred
AS> if this could have been resolved without resignations.
AS> It's hard to organize elections and draft bylaws (with public
AS> participation!) in a very limited amount of time and with
AS> only a few panel members. However, I believe this is what
AS> at least those remaining panellists present in Bucharest
AS> intend to do: Work as fast as possible towards elections
AS> *and* bylaws. 

AS> I hope these short notes give those 99.9% not in Bucharest
AS> an idea of the discussions regarding icannatlarge.com.

AS> Best regards,
AS> /// Alexander 

Uhhh, this sounds quite rational Alex(thank you Thomas).

               Be seeing you ....... Fred 
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