Re: [ga] Extension of the Interim Board Directors

["JandL" <jandl@jandl.com>]

> 
> There are three issues of potential substance (Multilingual testbed,
> new tlds, dnso review), one issue too vague to be discussed
> (GA/AtLarge), and two issues that are basically ratholes:
> 
> 1) there is nothing of consequence about an individual constituency
> that can be accomplished in 10 minutes.  Moreover, it overlaps with
> the DNSO review topic.
> 
> 2) we have a perfectly adequate procedure for selecting a chair.
> moreover, if one examines the endorsements for board candidates, one
> notes a disturbing pattern of *large* numbers of people who have never
> participated in the DNSO in any way suddenly turning up to endorse
> candidates (for example, Jamie Love had well over 100 endorsements,
> most of who had never in any aspect of ICANN previously).   While this
> might be satisfying to supporters of Jamie Love, it illustrates
> perfectly that an election by the GA is terribly susceptible to
> capture.
> 
Or could it be that those, like me, who have lurked on the GA finally 
had a reason to speak out for individuals?  There was finally an 
individual running who was on the side of of the GA membership 
rather than a puppet.  If "capture" means that the public raises its 
voice and chooses a representative, then "capture" is what we 
need.

You seem to think that not participating in some of the ridiculous 
arguments on this list means non-caring or non-involvement.  What 
I have seen is the issues bringing out more and more people who do 
care and who have thus far been uninformed.  It's amazing what a 
little information to the public can do, isn't it?

Leah Gallegos
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