Re: [atlarge-discuss] 21 Questions to candidates

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 11:37 a.m. 20/05/2003, J-F C. (Jefsey)  Morfin wrote:
> I would be interested in a few quickies:
:-) , quick to ask, some hard to answer.

> 1. how do you define an @large?

A potential icannatlarge member is an individual who uses the DNS or has an 
interest in Internet Governance issues.

> 2. what is your understanding of the @large community?
It is only being formed now. This formation process is hugely vulnerable 
for disruption and sabotage.

> 3. is your understanding of our needed structure: centralized, federal, 
> confederal?
Not centralized, but a network structure with much built-in redundancy.
Different web sites bound together in a web-ring.
Different parties separating leader-personalities from destructive and 
paralyzing conflict.
An umbrella where all are represented on a one-person-one vote basis.

> 4. do you want to see people using the internet in their own language or 
> in English or extended English to some local wording?
I am much in favour of not Babelizing the Internet Governance as long as we 
cannot pay for translation services.
 But a decentralized icannatlarge structure will allow for any language 
area the members are comfortable with.
A beginning has been made in the Forum with a Spanish language area.

> 5. do you have a definition for domain name?
A Cyberspace address of my own choosing for a Net presence Named by that 
address.

> 6. what is the main target you want to achieve in being elected at the Panel?
Get a structure off the ground via which the members are represented in the 
most appropriate way taking into account meeting via the Net, rather than 
in meatspace.

> 7. how many languages do you read?
six

> 8. have you met the people of your NIC before?
yes

> 9. did you already meet with the press on an Internet issue?
yes

> 10. how many minutes a day do yo expect to be able to dedicate to the Panel
many hours, if needed. But there will be days in July that I will be 
travelling and cannot be on line.

> 11. do you intend to run for Chair?
premature

>  Do you have some ideas about the way the Panel should organize?
Yes. Reduce itself to 5 members, with a quorum of 5 and limit itself to 
developing an official website.
Organize new elections within 3 months for an independent Polling Commission.
Organize elections for a membership committee and an Executive.

> 12. from this year experience how long do you think you will stay in the 
> Panel?
I will recognize a mandate of no longer than 3 months and I hope that my 
fellow Panel members would do the same.


> 13. one of the few things the Panel did this year was to indentify that 
> WGs should not be headed by Panel Members but that they should count a 
> Panel member to liaise with the Panel. This was obviously absolutely not 
> enforced. What is your opinion?
The last Panel has failed miserably in all aspects. No Rules have been 
developed that I would want to carry over into our Bylaws.

> 14. how do you think the membership list should be pratically managed? 
> (today no one knows how it works and how to update data)?

A webmaster should be responsible for cleanup and updates.
The Polling Commission should be in possession of an up-to-date voters' list.

> 15. are you a programmer of some sort?
No, but I have paid for programming work to be done under my direction, 
such as the icannatlarge.com and .org websites and the Polling Booth.

> 16. do you have a Panel Chair candidate?
See first who gets elected. Chair might be the person who gets the most 
votes, unless the other Panel members agree that he/she does not have 
Chair-qualities.

> 17. what is the most urgent: to get a Panel charter, bylaws, 
> incorporating, deciding a position for the next ICANN meeting, getting a 
> webmaster, establishing polling rules? or what?
1.Establish Polling and Election rules as part of our Charter/Bylaws.
2. Have them ratified by the members.
3. Then (re-) elect our officers according to the ratified rules.

We must first safeguard our democracy.
This Panel has NO mandate to 'decide" on positions, not with this kind of 
election.


> 18. When you motion something are you ready to understake its management 
> right away or do you prefer concepts design?
When I motion something, I will want to make sure first that it has support 
of the membership, (or the Panel, if it is a Panel matter)  before I am 
ready to undertake or be involved in its "management".

> 19. how will the panel get funded?
From its own voluntary labour.
Only an elected Executive or an appointed webmaster should receive Funding 
from member-contributions.

> 20. Is the ICANN of real interest to us?
It would be foolish to ignore it.

> to you?
Yes. I know the people who are involved.

>  to your country?
No idea. If you say "to the ccTLD managers" I'd say yes.

> 21. We are dwindling to 950 with the email address getting obsolete. How 
> will you make us 10.000?
"Dwindling" is not the right word.
Call it "reculer pour mieux sauter". (taking a step back to jump better)

Attrition is normal in such a long drawn out bootstrap phase, where people 
who were enthousiastic first, lose patience with the slow progress.

We also may lose people who do no longer feel that they belong. (Esther 
Dyson , who considers that there is a conflict of interest between ALAC and 
us, for example)
This is not necessarily bad.

Having a big outreach, press conferences, and membership growth should come 
only when we have a solid Charter to offer.

-joop-


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