Re: [atlarge-discuss] Report to the ERC from the ALAC-AG (2/2)

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

Paul and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

Paul wrote:

> The problem with a country-based structure is that there
> are so many countries. Any body with representation from
> each country would be unwieldy.

  Well the UN is a country based structure.  It has worked
pretty well arguably for quite a few years.

  The country based structure is really borne of representation
commensurate of varying cultures from country to country that any
regional approach would not have...  This is important to many...

>
>
> Then there is the issue of differing populations - populous
> countries could be "outvoted" by countries with tiny
> populations. Togo, Luxembourg and the Vatican City
> outvote the USA, for instance. Maybe fair enough :-)

  True this could happen at times.  My guess is that it would
not happen all that often if the issue was well presented
and understood however...

>
>
> I can't see any way other than regions of ensuring that
> the interests of users worldwide are represented in a
> workable way.

  Understood to a point.  However the ICANN regional
structure clumps too many very diversified cultures into
one region and thereby blurring the interests that may at
times be unique to those countries...

>
>
>     Paul
>
> Jeff Williams wrote:
> > Vittorio and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,
> >
> >   As was evident in the ALSC this report seems in it's structure
> > to simply regurgitate that committees findings or recommendations
> > in this effort.  Such was soundly trounced and denounced by
> > the vast majority of participants in the ALSC.
> >
> >   One of the main problems here is that the recommendation
> > for this structure ( A near carbon copy of the old ALSC's )
> > is that the so called "ICANN Region's definitions were flawed
> > long ago and never corrected to this day.  Hence the idea
> > of a new @Large structure as this report states below,
> > using those same flawed ICANN Regions in "Regional
> > At-Large Organizations" is only propagating such flawed
> > regional definitions.  Rather a country wide or voluntary
> > country based structure would be more appropriate and
> > would better represent potential @large members...
> >
> > Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> >
> >
> >>(Part 2)
> >>-----
> >>
> >>Structure
> >>
> >>The Assistance Group recommends that an ALAC be established as a
> >>standing advisory committee of the Board with 15 members to provide
> >>advice to the Board and other policy-making and advisory organizations
> >>within ICANN on the needs of, and the impact of proposed policies on,
> >>the Internet's individual users.  As noted above, we suggest that the
> >>ALAC - via its liaisons - also participate in some of these
> >>organizations, rather than merely give advice.
>
> SNIP
>
> --
>   Paul the argumentative     ( notmyopinion@btinternet.com )
>    "Opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily incorrect."

Regards,
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