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Re: [ga] Danny Younger's opinion about icannatlarge.com
Vittorio,
You have been in the ICANN environment long enough to understand the negative
consequences of recommendations that are formulated at too high a level of
generality. As the saying goes... the devil is in the details. The Board,
in Resolution 02.22, has asked to be provided with "specifics" such as:
1. the ways the different components of any proposed structure will function
together and interact;
2. the system of checks and balances that will ensure both the effectiveness
and the openness of the organization.
3. the ways in and conditions under which essential components of any
proposed structure that may not be able to be fully incorporated at the start
of the reform process will be included when appropriate; and
4. a description of a proposed transition process from the current structure
to any recommended new structure, including a description of how the present
components of ICANN relate to the new proposed structure, and the anticipated
timetable for that transition;
Specifics have not been articulated in most of the comments submitted thus
far. Instead, most comments tend to take the form of "I don't have a
specific suggestion to offer, but I can tell you that I don't like this part
of Stuart's plan." The implication is that the Board Committeee should just
come up with something else.
Do you trust the Board and Staff sufficiently to settle upon whatever they
propose? Why then are you leaving it in their hands, rather than
individually or collectively drafting a comprehensive counter-proposal that
at least offers the same degree of granularity that is to be found in
Stuart's plan? You and your fellow activists have been waging the At-large
War for several years now. This is not the time to allow yourselves to be
reduced to a "mechanism" by some Board Committee when representational issues
are at stake, and when the future structure of ICANN and its Board
composition are on the line...
You state: I really don't understand what you want us to do. Let me be
clear... I am expecting those that sincerely believe in the At-Large to come
up with a highly-detailed comprehensive proposal that addresses the
"specifics" that the Board has requested, and to do it in a timely fashion so
that such input can be considered by the group that is now formulating their
specific recommendations to the Board, the Evolution and Reform Committee.
You are in the final minutes of the game with the goal line in view. Now is
not the time to fumble the ball. Surely among your many associates, there is
a sufficiently large enough brain trust and commitment to get the job done.
If you fail to put such a comprehensive plan on the table, then you will have
to live with the fact that the "specifics" advanced by others (such as ICANN
Staff) prevailed in the absence of your detailed input. The choice is yours
to make.
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