Re: [atlarge-discuss] FW: [atlarge-panel] 006 Deciding Name - Resolution and Recommendationto Members

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Judith, Joanna and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

  Joanna is quite right here.  What she says apples to any and all
stakeholders/users of the Internet community and all members here
as well.

Judith Oppenheimer wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joanna Lane [mailto:jo-uk@rcn.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 2:58 PM
> To: Michael Geist; atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de
> Subject: RE: [atlarge-panel] 006 Deciding Name - Resolution and
> Recommendationto Members
>
> > > >  > To explicitly operate outside ICANN, it is to be so far
> > > >>  outside that process as to not matter at all.
> > > >
> > > >What then of CIRA and other non-icann-branded constituencies?
> > > >
> > >
> > > CIRA and other cc's are not about ICANN nor does it seek a direct
> > > voice on ICANN in the same way that at-large does.  While ICANN
> > > issues are discussed by the board, it is hardly a key focus.
> > >
> > > MG
>
> Michael,
> I meant also to respond to this part of your post, because you raise an
> important point. My understanding is that this AtLarge organization is not
> going to make ICANN its key focus either, only part of its focus. Obviously
> ICANN is not going to provide the At Large with any funding or appropriate
> mechanisms. I want the freedom to be able to deal with the ccTLDs directly.
> ICANN is not going to provide it. I want to be able to send reports and
> comments to the Board of ICANN directly, to its ERC and so on. ICANN is
> going to force me to work through the ALOC, or another committee layer so
> that my views can be filtered out if they do not fit the top down model. I
> want to work on agendas that are "out of scope" for ICANN, such as Alt
> Roots.  In short, I want autonomy, and the right to talk to whoever I want
> directly, without being buried under layers of ICANNspeak, without having
> my
> agenda dictated to by a self-serving and corrupt administration. Of course
> we must be willing to work *with* ICANN, but it would be a mistake to be
> perceived as a body who works *for* ICANN.  We must reinforce the
> perception
> that we are a separate entity. That's why we need separate branding.
>
> Regards,
> Joanna
>
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