Re: [atlarge-discuss] RE: Mission Statement

["todd glassey" <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: <eric@hi-tek.com>
To: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>
Cc: <wolfgang@imv.au.dk>; "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@vitaminic.net>; "Izumi
AIZU" <izumi@anr.org>; <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>;
<atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] RE: Mission Statement


> Well now no need to be upset.
>
> But completely, 100% absolutely we cannot have any requirements to be
> tied to
> the monolithic beast of ICANN.

So propose new language -

>
> Wolfgang what was your rationale here, why did you put those words in
> the statement?  What is your intent?
>
> Eric
>
> Joanna Lane wrote:
>
> > Hello Wolfgang,
> >
> > We do NOT need a Mission that ensures no At Large organization can exist
> > unless ICANN is running the show, which is exactly what your Statement
seeks
> > to establish and rush through prior to the election of the new
Executive.
> > I'm not buying it, sorry.
> >
> > You would have the At Large effort, the only one that accepts individual
> > members that ICANN recognizes, focused exclusively on working inside a
> > collapsed corporation that is undergoing a radical make-over, whose
exact
> > form is not yet known, and you would have us trust the same people who
> > failed at the same job first time round to determine our place in the
> > overall scheme of things, and in the meantime, we'll all just give up
our
> > rights to vote, lie down and die. Does that really sound like a good
Mission
> > to you?
> >
> > Work inside ICANN if you must, but do not throw all individual At
largers
> > into a common future with a collapsed US corporation that is struggling
to
> > reinvent itself in credible form. There are many here whose aim is much
> > higher, and do not see very much of ICANN in their future, if any at
all.
> >
> > Personally, I want a mission statement that at least talks about
fostering
> > the means to return benefits derived from the internet to the public at
> > large, something that ICANN will never address, even though it is the
reason
> > for its very existence.
> >
> > There are numerous public interest organizations throughout the world
from
> > which to draw charters and mission statements. It is written already -
stop
> > making it up - go and find it in proven organizations with generations
of
> > experience on which to draw - the Red Cross - the BBC and the like -
what we
> > do not need is more ICANN doublespeak - what we do need is an At large
built
> > on a foundation of solid principles that all members can agree will
*protect
> > the public interest in the internet*, regardless of which jerks are
running
> > the show.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joanna
> >
> > P.S. I wouldn't be pushing the word "ICANN" into every sentence, since a
> > makeover is about the only way left for Mary Hewitt to limit the damage
> > mounting on her desk from bad press - so you might want to rephrase that
as
> > the Ministry of Internet Stability and Security in due course, or
something
> > suitably Orwellian anyway.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wolfgang@imv.au.dk [mailto:wolfgang@imv.au.dk]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:02 AM
> > > To: Vittorio Bertola; Izumi AIZU; Joanna Lane;
> > > atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de; atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de
> > > Subject: Mission Statement
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear friends,
> > >
> > > this is the second effort to distribute the first draft of the
> > > mission statement (non-paper). According to the procedure agreed
> > > in Bukarest, we should discuss, amend and change it first among
> > > ourselves and then present it (Thurtsday/Fridy) to all members.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > wolfgang
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Mission of icannatlarge.com is
> > >
> > > · to involve individuals in identifying and analysing issues of
> > > interests for individual internet users related to the management
> > > of the Internet Domain Name System, IP Addresses, Internet
> > > Protocols and the Root Server System;
> > > · to stimulate discussion and a bottom up policy development
> > > among individual Internet users worldwide in fields covered by
> > > the activities of the Internet Coorporation of Assigned Names and
> > > Numbers (ICANN);
> > > · to elect representatives by the global individual Internet
> > > users community which will coordinate the activities of
> > > icannatlarge.com and interact with ICANN and its bodies;
> > > · to reflect the opinions and interests of individual users in
> > > the policy formulation and decision-making process of ICANN and
> > > to elaborate recommendations with an impact on resulting policies;
> > > · to participate in ICANNīs bottom up policy development and
> > > decision making processes and to work within the ICANN structure
towards
> > > · openess and transparency;
> > > · accountability;
> > > · geographical and functional diversity in the composition of
> > > Boards, Committees, Task Forces, Working Groups, SOs and other
> > > bodies, establishd by ICANN;
> > > · to evaluate critically the development of ICANN from an
> > > individual Internet users perspective;
> > >
> > >
> >
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