Re: [atlarge-discuss] ALAC teleconference August 9, 2002 Notes

[Esther Dyson <edyson@edventure.com>]

FWIW, I did not say that "dissenting opinions" should not be explicitly 
mentioned, but rather that, to make these things palatable, that *both 
sides* of such issues should be cited  and described as issues yet to be 
decided.

Esther

At 10:10 AM 8/15/2002, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
> Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
>
> > Sotiris, I'm unclear here:  what was your position (given you are ID'ed
> > below as repping icannatlarge.com)?
>
> Judith et al.,
>
> I consider myself more of an ALOC/ALAC observer, as opposed to a 
> representative
> with a mandate from the icannatlarge.com membership.  IMO none of the
> summarized proposals is really very acceptable.  But, given a choice among
> evils, of the four possible schemas discussed (and considering that direct
> elections appear to be out of the question for the BoD or the ALAC at this
> time), I think Izumi Aizu's approach towards combining regional and 
> issue-based
> organizations (i.e. the combination of proposal schemas 2 and 4) bears some
> consideration and is preferrable to the other alternatives.
>
> I should here mention that Esther Dyson was clear during the previous
> teleconference that the current MoU was being scrapped... not sure what 
> the DoC
> has to say about that, but E. Dyson was pretty clear on that point.
> Furthermore, it does seem as if 'elections' is not a term favoured of the ALAC
> members proper.  I have stated that the final report should mention the ALSC
> study findings and the fact that the ALAC proposal(s) do not coincide with the
> findings of that Board commissioned study.  However, I'm not sure such an
> addition will be made to any final draft, as E. Dyson mentioned that 
> dissenting
> opinions ought not be explicitly mentioned in the report, but rather that they
> be characterised as issues that require further discussion and thereby glossed
> over for the time being.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
>
>
>
>
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