[ICANN-EU] Fw: [icann-candidates] An older proposal reiterated

["Constantine S. Chassapis" <cschassapis@acm.org>]

Hi,
This is exactly what Roland sent me. In my previous
posting I just cut what was already public. I did
not received any attachements.

Sincerely,
Constantine S. Chassapis

----- Original Message -----
From: Roland Portig <ropowinz@compuserve.de>
To: Constantine S. Chassapis <cschassapis@acm.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [icann-candidates] An older proposal reiterated


> Dear Constantine,
> I have the impression that my email account is particullary blocked and
> watched. Therefore I sent you this email from one of my other accounts.
Have
> you made an equal experience? Can you please give this to the discussion
> group?
> Greetings
> Roland
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Constantine S. Chassapis" <cschassapis@acm.org>
> An: "Barbara Simons" <simons@acm.org>
> Cc: <icann-europe@fitug.de>; <icann-candidates@egroups.com>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. August 2000 23:55
> Betreff: Re: [icann-candidates] An older proposal reiterated
>
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> > Hi Barbara,
> > or should I say my president ;-)
> > I thank you very much for your answer. It is only
> > what I expected from you, long time now a well
> > known person of communication and of hard work.
> > I can only thank you and wish you all the best to your
> > new effort, that goes well as I see in the NA candidates
> > page at members.icann.org site.
> >
> > Cordially,
> > Constantin Chassapis
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Barbara Simons <simons@acm.org>
> > To: Constantine S. Chassapis <cschassapis@acm.org>
> > Cc: <icann-europe@fitug.de>; <icann-candidates@egroups.com>; Barbara
> Simons
> > <simons@acm.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 9:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [icann-candidates] An older proposal reiterated
> >
> >
> > > Hi, Constantine.
> > >
> > > The people who care enough about ICANN to have involved
> > > themselves with the member-nominated process are clearly a
> > > group that should be listened to by whomever wins the election.
> > > If the candidates choose to organize themselves, possibly together
> > > with other interested people, into a group that calls itself eubody
> > > or whatever other name it decides upon, I should think that
> > > that would improve their chances of being listened to.  But of
> > > course it strongly depends on who wins the election.
> > >
> > > In my election statement I pledge to create an advisory body of
> > > experts from the relevant areas, including technology, policy,
> > > economics, and the law.  As ACM President I created
> > > president@acm.org so that members could write directly to me.
> > > Not only did I get a sense of the interests of the members,
> > > but I was also able to fix some problems that otherwise might
> > > have been ignored or fallen through the cracks at headquarters.
> > >
> > > If I am elected to the Board, I shall try to make myself
> > > similarly available to the at-large members.  Since
> > > the Internet community is obviously considerably larger
> > > than the ACM membership, which is only 80,000,
> > > I could find myself overwhelmed with email, in which
> > > case I might not be able to respond to everyone.  (I believe
> > > that I responded to all the ACM members who wrote).
> > > I would also create a web site specifically for members
> > > to hold discussions about topics of concern to them.
> > >
> > > I don't know if you find my response satisfactory or not.
> > > The bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that a
> > > representative of the at-large membership must act like
> > > a representative.  That means making a commitment to
> > > listening and responding to as many people as possible.
> > > It also means getting input from people who are knowledgeable
> > > about all the areas involved with ICANN policy, since none
> > > of us is an expert in them all.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Barbara
> > >
> > > "Constantine S. Chassapis" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Since I saw some self-organisational effort by the NA
> > > > candidates (Karl and Barbara), I am reiterating my older
> > > > proposal from Aug 17 (which you can find here in red:
> > > > http://users.otenet.gr/~kchas/icannmail.htm#Votes2)
> > > > to all EU candidates. Anyway, here is the idea:
> > > >
> > > > What if we form a body, (lets call it the "eubody")
> > > > and then, here comes a candidate and says:
> > > > "I recognize my limits. I now declare that I  will not decide,
> > > > if I get elected, on any matter in the ICANN board, without
> > > > discussing the matter with eubody! (Maybe he will also
> > > > declare that he will wait for the ok from the eubody,
> > > > but that probably goes too far ;-) ).
> > > >
> > > > I think that I will vote for such a candidate, if some minimum
> > > > criteria of  technical ability and political awareness are
satisfied.
> > > > (Now, after these days of intense emailing, I believe, we are
> > > > able to form a more or less complete image of all candidates
> > > > (even of those that have not spoken, because, the abstention
> > > > from this list is a part of the image of a candidate!))
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > > Constantin Chassapis
> > > >
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