Re: [atlarge-discuss] 21 Questions to candidates

["A/S Mauro D. Ríos" <mdrios@adinet.com.uy>]

(excuse my English)
(disculpen que en esta oportunidad no escribo también en español)

Dear all,

Since the list of questions in extensive, is short time, and my
pleasure to write, I have preferred to outline topics that I want all
they respond or at least most of the questions. Some answers had
already mentioned them to the list.

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@Large is an organization that represents people in a global world,
determining a common point of view democratically. It should be
different to the rest of the organizations, sharing some aspects but
establishing unique rules. It is indispensable that @Large becomes a
reference point for the whole public or private organizations,
institutions and governments.

Will it analyze and to suggest the routes for where Internet will walk
in the future, in institutional political aspects as technological.

Internet can be a powerful realization environment, but we should act
with the feet in the earth. The ideal thing is enemy of the good
thing. Any decision that takes the organization, will keep in mind,
among many things, the connection rate, the critical mass of members
and of navigators, the tendencies and the objectives of other
international organizations.

The goals will be of two types: (1) long term, a horizon that draws
the road, but (2) objectives to short and medium term, realizable
objectives that maintain the motivation and produce concrete results.
I want mainly an organization that acts in an executive way, making,
not speculating, discussing or confronting parts eternally. I want a
representative organization of the interests of the Internet
community, assisting the political questions of the net, regulations,
names of domains, etc.

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The same nature of Internet makes each individual to be an independent
cell, but at the same time integrated to a global community, this
community is organized and reacts in front of the changes of the
environment.

This individual, the final user, the navigator, have played a
fundamental function in Internet, many times in a silent way and
others with a protagonistic emphasis. The user is object and subject
of all that is developed in the net. From the commercial aspects until
the trivial topics have in their center to the person.

This community is the objective of @Large, its seriousness, a free one
to work and administrative transparency, they will make that @Large is
a relating one reliable for the users of Internet.

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@Large should maintain its character of global. To create a structure
confederal for regions, he/she can make that we are escaped from the
hands the administration and coordination, besides causing an internal
discussion for the independence of the centers and regional
associations that are part of @Large.

A federal organization, with regional structures but integrated @Large
and under the command of the same statutes, it will facilitate that
@Large is an executive organization that takes concrete actions ahead
and don't be submerged in bureaucracies.

This federal structure should be corresponded with an internal
flowchart that reflects divisions of powers and thematic divisions and
topics. One of those topics is the regions and the federal community.
If work is not delegated in commissions, work groups and individual
members, @Large is not viable. The centralization of powers in few
hands, is not only antidemocrat, neither it is possible to sustain
that organization for a lot of time.

Another centralization type is that of all @Large, that is to say: 1
administrative organization, 1 board of directors, 1 Panel = 1 big
problem. This centralization type, attentive against the same values
of @Large and of the community of Internet.

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The problem of the languages in the Internet and especially in the DNS
it is complicated, their nature is political, philosophical, cultural
and technique. Who have not found solution to this problem, they are
from artists, prominences of the culture, experts in ICT, political
and common users.

The diversity makes to the World an unique and varied place,
difficultly be able to solve such a wide topic in one night. As they
have mentioned other, a country only includes a language, many races
and cultures, many variants of the language local and many languages
of minority groups. It is a primordial task of the next Panel creating
the necessary spaces to work (work groups, commissions, etc).

The aspects technician involved in this topic is for my minor compared
with the rest of present problems in the question. The Global World is
the great point to analyze, the individuality and independence of all
who we live here, either as individuals, like part of an organization,
of a city or of a country.

It is my desire that Internet is multi language, but it is very
difficult for a very extensive list of technical and cultural
inconveniences. But I bet to that in a future not very distant, the
computer tools allow us to translate in a more efficient way the
conversations and messages in different languages, even being able to
translate conversations spoken in real time.

But this will be now the future, today, I would conform to with which
each person's identity was respected, beginning to respect its
language, looking for the spaces and the good will to give the
possibility to all the members of @Large to be able to be expressed in
its language. In this sense I admire to Japaneses, in the
negotiations, the businessmen, they can use 3 types of Japanese
language, according to their social strata. When the negotiations
commit key points, they always prefer to speak in Japanese, to
maintain their cultural levels and their dignity in front of their
tally.

A global language, English or other, it is an excellent communication
tool and it has facilitated the explosive growth of the trade, of the
business and Internet. But doesn't make a lot to maintain the identity
of the towns. Today, now, in it USA, for example, the Hispanics are
the biggest minority, above the black and Asian groups.

A very good friend and colleague has a rule: If it is him who travels
or hee is integrated to a meeting or event, he speaks English, but if
they are the other ones who they visit him, he speaks Spanish.

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The next Panel will center its activity in establishing the flowchart
of the organization, the prospective division of powers. It should
establish goals to long and medium term.

The long term goals mark the road and they visualize a horizon. But
the goals to medium term motivate, they are possible to reach them
quickly, creating interaction in the institution. They will provide
@Large an executive profile.

I am convinced that many times the process to reach a goal it is so
important that the goal. The process and the traveled road generates
synergy, it begins other processes, it unifies and it commits people
that participate. Opens doors and it motivates a process of continuous
improvement in the management of the organization and their own
members.

The calendar of the next Panel will contain: flowchart, statutes
(bylaws), regional structure, official opinion of the DNS, languages
and another pending topics in ICANN. It should look for the spaces for
agreements and conversations with other organizations, to deepen the
work in collaboration, cooperative and productive.

The Panel should learn how to delegate tasks, should learn how to give
the members the necessary participation.

Lastly it is important that you begins to establish the approaches and
the strategy to maintain the current members and to achieve an
exponential growth. The Marketing is a fundamental part of our
organization, this marketing it should be of two types: a) the
advertising one, b) the one gotten by the own performance of the
organization. This is the true marketing that we should look for, of
anything it will serve the publicity if it is to promote an empty
container.

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The financing of @Large presents a challenge, but it should not be
thought that there will be magic recipes. The contribution of
memberships is, without doubts, a source of funds. Sponsors and
donations will be another source of money. All the possibilities
should be analyzed, of which don't believe that reinvented formulas
appear, but an efficient and transparent administrative method should
be applied.

Other sources of funds can be, perhaps (!?): events, consultancy
services and advice, investigation on-demand, independent management
of projects, other. Many of these possibilities open doors but they
leave other queries, for example: Should @Large compete in the market
of services?. Should @Large be only a theoretical organization of the
Internet?

We cannot look for financing without considering aspects like, for
example: A very important donation of an institution or person,... can
it commit the transparency of the organization?, will it be observed
with doubts and suspicions?. Can the commercial companies donate us
money?. Will the sponsors be done as a marriage between marks and
names with @Large?. Should all the members pay?, is @Large an open
organization or for subscription?. How much money should the members
pay?

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The participation of the members should be analyzed. The list like the
forums present a level of disorder that should be organized
(managenment).

Several technological options exist to administer these resources
better. It is important to give him an organization that allows a
quick pursuit of discussions and opinions, to define or to syntonize a
system of agile voting inside the same forums (to improve the existent
one for example).  A mechanism of quick vote in a private forum
(password), it will speed up the discussions and it will be a
fundamental tool to make decisions.

The resources should be centralized, it is incoherent to have
resources distributed in three websites or more. This is confused and
it discourages the members that less they participate.

We should communicate clearly which the official website of @Large is
and which the services linked him. It is necessary to standardize the
information in all and each one of the places where he/she appears and
we should maintain updated this information.

The website should be simplified. Not necessarily removing content,
but organizing the contents better and to maintain all the access
options in one or several menus. Links in an arbitrary way should not
appear in any part of the place and that these links is not included
in the menu.

The easiness of use of the website, also contributes to the
participation of the members.

These regulations should also be suggested to be applied in websites
that belong to some members. These particular websites is making use
of the name of the organization and they should respect the
communication rules and preferences that @Large settles down.

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Which is the scenario of game of @Large?. does Internet grow to an
important rhythm and is a fact that will continue this way. But the
question relapses in if the promotion of Internet is framed in the
reality or in a desire, not only outside of context, also a bad
sizing.

Some years ago the wide band exploded in the table of the agencies of
publicity, today the reality tells us that more than 80% of the
connected population to Internet, it consents to same or smaller
speeds at 56kbps (GVU / NRI). likewise the banners was a landmark
until it was revealed that only in 1% click is made.

The penetration of Internet in the world only supposes the
population's 15.8% (IDATE), this has several readings. If like they
proclaim the urbanist of the net, we leave aside the population's big
masses in distant areas of the urbanization, the percentage grows in a
very significant way, in turn we would be tramping the equity.

If on the contrary we maintain an altruistic objective regarding the
access of the information, in such a way that we can make reality an
economy of the knowledge in the countries, the penetration of Internet
is even distant.

United States is for a lot the country that maintains the leadership
with a penetration of the 67%(IDATE) of its population, while in Latin
America the 9.1%(IDATE) of penetration it is sustained basically by
Brazil; among the small countries, Uruguay is the Latin American
country with more access to the net with a 20%(Grupo Radar), and a
rate of growth of almost 80% in less than 3 years.

In another aspect, Internet continues giving headaches as for a
legislation. Most of the specialists coincide that an order type
should settle down in the net, several countries have today extensive
legislation libraries, but regrettably if it is not corresponded by
the rest of countries, alone they are applicable inside opposite and
the frontiers are not those that will be able to regulate Internet. We
should not confuse order and regulation with restriction, as well as
we should not confuse freedom of speech with anarchy of the
information.

In commercial aspects, I remember that Warren Buffet tried to convince
us of calmly taking the things in the 2000 when its company lost value
and he refused to buy actions of the .com, today all lose money and
Buffet achieves a performance of more than 100% in its business.

Internet is not omnipresent and much less omnipotent, all strategy
that the world delineates regarding a future toward the society of the
information and an economy of the knowledge (you excuse for the
cliché), will think a lot beyond Internet. Without caring the cultural
or economic aspect that we think about, Internet it is a motor and it
officiates in any event of catalyst in this global world.

A player of the new economy knows today that the markets are conquered
with a mixed strategy and a business is secured with sale channels as
much brick as click. @Large cannot be unaware to this reality and all
its strategy should be centered in a real world.

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Best regards,
Mauro.-


----- Mensaje original ----- 
De: J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin
Para: atlarge discuss list
Enviado: lunes, 19 de mayo de 2003 20:37
Asunto: [atlarge-discuss] 21 Questions to candidates


I would be interested in a few quickies:

1. how do you define an @large?
2. what is your understanding of the @large community?
3. is your understanding of our needed structure: centralized,
federal,
confederal?
4. do you want to see people using the internet in their own language
or in
English or extended English to some local wording?
5. do you have a definition for domain name?
6. what is the main target you want to achieve in being elected at the
Panel?
7. how many languages do you read?
8. have you met the people of your NIC before?
9. did you already meet with the press on an Internet issue?
10. how many minutes a day do yo expect to be able to dedicate to the
Panel
11. do you intend to run for Chair? Do you have some ideas about the
way
the Panel should organize?
12. from this year experience how long do you think you will stay in
the
Panel?
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?
14. how do you think the membership list should be pratically managed?
(today no one knows how it works and how to update data)?
15. are you a programmer of some sort?
16. do you have a Panel Chair candidate?
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?
18. When you motion something are you ready to understake its
management
right away or do you prefer concepts design?
19. how will the panel get funded?
20. Is the ICANN of real interest to us? to you? to your country?
21. We are dwindling to 950 with the email address getting obsolete.
How
will you make us 10.000?


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