Re: [atlarge-discuss] Election update

[James Love <james.love@cptech.org>]

I agree with Joanna, that the next elected board should put its own stamp on 
the at large effort.   Jamie


Joanna Lane wrote:
> Vittorio,
> I'm sorry to keep beating the same drum, but your Charter constrains
> candidates to only carry out a narrow "inside ICANN, play by ICANN rules"
> vision of this organization. You are limiting Candidates to those who will
> volunteer to carry out your vision. To attract the best Candidates, they
> must be able stand for election on the basis of their own vision. If
> predetermining a Charter for the Interim panel didn't work as a top down
> mechanism last time, why would it work better this time?
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought the electorate wanted to chose
> the best candidates to carry out the tasks THEY want them to do. I might put
> as a priority a candidate who makes a pledge to develop an At large
> organization policy on Registrar transfer issues. Another member may not
> want representation within ICANN, but seeks a voice at the next
> Congressional Hearing. The At Large Organization is multi-faceted. As it is,
> you are pushing your vision, which is valid, but it is biased in favor of
> working on specific issues over a year, that and nothing e4lse, and all
> within ICANN. Well, I'm sorry, but this Charter is not a fair and balanced
> document to open opportunities for all voices to be heard and represented.
> 
> For example, Your Charter states in Paragraph number 1 that the Executive
> will only guide an outreach campaign for the highest possible number of
> active users who might want to participate *IN ICANN* - and only by
> registering at a website called - *icannatlarge.com* - , so before the
> organization is even incorporated, you have already alienated all those
> individuals who might want to join to obtain representation in Internet
> Governance through participation in an At large organization, both within
> AND without ICANN, or simply outside ICANN.
> 
> I thought it had been agreed to give the Executive a free hand, to be
> flexible and adaptable to meet rapidly changing needs.  If so, then instead
> of this Charter, you would ask each Candidate to submit a rough draft of a
> Charter (goodness knows there are enough around to pick from) as well as a
> Mission Statement - a statement that sets out their pledges for the next
> year. Then you will be allowing members to Vote the best person *for them*
> into the job, which is what we want isn't it?
> 
> Also, you are about to create a rod for the organization's back by adding
> that the membership must grow to a point where it can be considered
> sufficiently representative of such users, without saying what that criteria
> may be.
> 
> Don't do this. Just hold an election for an 11 person executive and let the
> candidates and the members tell you what they want for the next year. Please
> facilitate getting the best candidates to step forward, not dictate what
> they can and cannot do once in the job.
> 
> Regards,
> Joanna
> 
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> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vittorio Bertola [mailto:vb@vitaminic.net]
>>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:35 AM
>>To: Izumi AIZU
>>Cc: Joanna Lane; atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de;
>>atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de
>>Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Election update
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 14:44:21 +0900, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thanks Joanna for reminding this.
>>>
>>>Vittorio, we should urge other members of panel to vote, or just
>>>close this #13 and #14?
>>
>>I have already urged other panel members to vote on Saturday (also the
>>charter itself still has to be formally voted by most of the panel!) -
>>considering the July 4th long  weekend in the US, I hope we'll
>>have the rest
>>of the votes by today. (However votes #13 and #14 are ok since Wolfgang
>>voted too - but they are useless if we don't close vote #12 on the charter
>>too. It's just a formality, everybody already agreed informally on the
>>charter, but we have to do it.)
>>--
>>.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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