Re: [atlarge-discuss] ICANN Staff's at-large website

[espresso@e-scape.net]

At 18:15 -0800 2003/03/16, Jeff Williams wrote:
>  I have ben following along, but refrained from commenting for
>a while on all this nonsense.  I am somewhat displeased and
>also baffled as well as to Joop's intent.  It seems that it
>is to take over the Web site ICANNATLARGE.ORG.
>As most of you here know, when our Domain Name
>was being passed around like so much borsht, I was
>for turning it over to the membership and HIRING as
>web master.  Wg-Web would direct what is to be posted
>on ICANNATLARGE.ORG as to content.  Some thought
>this was too confusing and divisive.  It could very well end
>up that way too!  None the less what we have now is
>worse.  We look ineffective at best currently.

Jeff et al.,

That's because we *are* ineffective!

Personally, I *don't* think the solution is to hire a
Webmaster (who is to hire one and with what?) since we've
already seen what happens with a volunteer Webmaster who
was under the impression he worked for the Panel Chair
rather than the organization. But then again, I can hardly
blame Bret since we really aren't an organization yet.

The idea we had discussed was to have the Web WG in charge
-- that is, a group of people working *together* and
making decisions as a committee so that no cowboy could
act unilaterally. Unfortunately, WG-Web ended up being
"chaired" by the same person who was Panel "Chair" and
a prime unilateralist.

If we do make it to elections, I'd strongly recommend we
call for nominations not only for Panel members but also
for the chairs of our various (now-moribund) working
groups. My reasoning is that if we and our electees
become accustomed to the notion that people are elected
to fulfil a mandate, are responsible for carrying it out,
and are responsible *to* the electorate (rather than
vice versa), we might actually have a hope of getting
this group organized enough to incorporate and function.

Failing which, of course, this whole exercise will have
been nothing but further proof that a bunch of individualists
and a Web site do not an organization make.

Regards,

Judyth

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