Re: [atlarge-discuss] correction

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Osbourne <gro@direct.ca>
To: <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>
> Can you point to one single credible individual who
> supports your statements Joop? If not, that fails my
> consensus test quite spectacularily. -g

I'm not sure if I qualify as a "credible individual", Gary (!) - and by the
way, thank you for your correction about Arthur Andersen yesterday, I accept
your point, and it was a weak element in my argument which wasn't necessary
anyway.

Look, I really feel that Joop deserves recognition for his hard work and
commitment in the development of our organisation. He wants a strong At
Large movement with proper representation within ICANN. He has worked to
this end (as have others) and his enthusiasm was pivotal in getting this
initiative going. As for the details of the statements that have sallied
back and forth, I'm not getting drawn in. I appeal for us all to draw a line
under our disagreements and focus very strongly indeed on a few priorities
after these elections.

Our priorities include: Outreach (essential). Systematic charter. Mechanisms
for membership participation. Strong support for the development of regional
and local groups. Finance. Rejection of ICANN's AtLarge proposals in favour
of our own.

I agree the management, control and administration of the website needs to
be addressed after the election, but please let's not lose our focus.

Above all, we need to focus on our own agenda : to provide total backing for
regional and local groups, and to use these groups to "seed" and grow new
members. The really exciting aspect of our organisation is that we have
hardly even begun. The time is right and we will grow into an organisation
that gets its authority from the obvious scale and extent of our membership.
That's our agenda. To say to ICANN: we are not going to go away. We are not
going to be divided or put off track. We represent more and more internet
users in every country across the globe. This Internet belongs to all
humanity. We demand the right to be at the heart of its development, its
administration, and its future.

Richard Henderson



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