and mine. :) -s On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 20:14, Micheal Sherrill wrote: > Please add mine, as well. > > Regards, > > Micheal Sherrill > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 20:53:56 -0700 > > You can add my name to the bottom of this, Danny. > > Sotiris Sotiropoulos > > DannyYounger@cs.com wrote: > > > This moronic plan surely must have been conceived by the feeble-minded idiots > > and stooges that participated as members of the At-Large Assistance Group -- > > it has all the hallmarks of a document hand-written by ICANN staff and > > rubber-stamped by the ICANN Board's hand-picked puppets (who apparently are > > too ignorant or too naive to understand that they are only being used as a > > conveniently pliable tool to promote the fiction that ICANN is in compliance > > with task number nine under the Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. > > Department of Commerce). > > > > Having witnessed the complete and total elimination of all public > > representation on the ICANN Board these fools on the At-Large Advisory > > Committee now expect the Internet community to rally around a top-down effort > > designed to asininely further complicate communication between individual > > users and members of the ICANN Board. > > > > In the past, any individual user could write a letter to ICANN and feel > > confident that they would be ignored (as it has become rather apparent that > > ICANN only bothers to pay attention to those special-interest groups it deems > > to be "stakeholders" in its Cartel). Now one has to do all of the following > > in order to achieve the same outcome: > > > > 1. First one must find a noncommercial entity to join. > > 2. Next, one needs to convince the members of this non-profit group that > > they must post on their website information that pertains to ICANN > > activities/issues, and further convince them to offer Internet-based > > discussion mechanisms so that such activities/issues may be evaluated. > > 3. Then it next becomes necessary to convince this noncommercial group that > > they must provide information on the group's general funding sources to the > > ALAC (so that this Committee of pseudo-accountants/analysts can ostensibly > > come to a determination as to whether the non-profit has commitments or > > obligations that would conflict with its ability to involve and represent > > individual constituents' interests). > > 4. At this point, one must now confirm that somewhere on the non-profit > > group's website is an articulation of its non-commercial goals and structure, > > a description of constituent group(s), its working mechanisms, leadership, > > and contact(s) -- unlike the ALAC which has no posted working mechanisms, an > > incomplete structure, no contact data on its discussion list (the e-mail > > addresses of all the "representatives" are replaced with XXXXX), no working > > public forum and no publicly archived public comments. > > 5. Then, the non-profit must be convinced to submit in electronic form a > > completed application and to provide the ALAC any further requested > > documentation (which may include references, documents to verify general > > funding sources, documents on the organization's leadership and operations, > > and documents that demonstrate the identity of all their individual > > constituents -- has anyone on this Committee ever heard of the concept of > > privacy?). The non-profit must also be convinced that it must necessarily > > subject itself to the prospect of further possible interviews regarding the > > organization's contact(s) and must potentially provide other as yet > > unspecified information about the organization. > > 6. If the ALAC then decides to designate this organization as an eligible > > "structure", the user that wishes to communicate with the ICANN Board must > > next find at least three other such structures (that must be located in at > > least two countries) and must persuade these structures to form a regional > > organization. > > 7. In order to form this regional body, the user must then convince these > > other organizations to spend months and months developing a set of bylaws > > that all organizations can agree upon, and then the user must further > > convince each non-profit organization to share in the financial burden of > > establishing this new umbrella organization -- that means dedicating > > financial resources for the purpose of incorporation, and setting aside funds > > to provide for an organizational website, Secretariat services, and such. > > 8. The user must also convince each such non-profit organization that it's > > limited funds should be applied to this glorious experiment instead of > > remitting such limited funds as the membership fee for direct participation > > in ICANN's Non-Commercial constituency (which at least gets to participate in > > the election of an ICANN director). > > 9. If the regional organization is finally created, then the user must await > > the formulation of a formal Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN which > > consecrates this effort... (for some reason, this Committee of the > > Mentally-Challenged seems to think that the At-Large is so gullible that it > > will willingly enter into a contract with ICANN in the full knowledge that > > ICANN has broken all of its prior promises, ignored the consensus conclusions > > of its own Blue Ribbon Panel (the ALSC) and has gleefully wiped out all user > > representation on its Board). > > 10. Finally, if this last stage is achieved, the user can then send his > > comments to the two members of the ALAC that his regional organization has > > elected. Those two members will then transmit his message to the full > > committee that will next proceed to filter, mangle, distort, and re-write his > > comments (after sincerely thanking him for his input). The ALAC will then > > transmit a non-binding "recommendation" to the Board that in turn will thank > > the committee for its efforts before proceeding to ignore the comments > > received. > > > > As a user, I don't need this degree of structural bullshit just to > > communicate my sentiments directly to ICANN. The problem is not the lack of > > a structured vehicle to serve as a communications conduit... the problem has > > always been that the Board has been comprised of members that can't be > > bothered to listen to the voice of the public that they purportedly serve. > > > > This ALAC plan sucks. Unfortunately, the spineless worms on the Committee > > will never advocate for substantive change. Instead, they will meekly accept > > the bylaws as written and will continue to pretend to "represent" the > > At-Large. 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