Re: [ga] Resignation of Alternate Chair

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

Patrick lays out some repeated suggestions that there are those among us that
deliberately sabotage this list.

I remember about a year ago up through the spring of this year what appeared to
be a duo that was hell bent on derailing anything, but they had a clear agenda
and so it was transparent.  Some could argue the WXWs continued insistence on
the removal of the Chair fits here but they would be wrong, Williams agenda is
well stated and clear.  Heck someone with a technical bent would probably think
I want to disrupt this list and do with my humanitarianism crap, but that would
be wrong.  I do not think that anyone wants to wreck the GA.  I think anyone who
cares wants to use it for their own purpose, and I think that is fine.

Hey folks we are an assembly and that is all we are right now.  That is cool.
We assemble on line and we share views, we learn, we teach and most importantly
we speak and listen.  This is the first and best General Assembly involved in
Internet governance ever.  We have no power as written in a rule.

However we have the power of thought and reason and contribution.  We have the
power of joint compassion and rightful actions.  We must avoid the legalistic
and constrictive interpretations of our ability.
Organization is not a master but only a tool to allow us to better explore
options and move in a general way toward consensus or find out that there is
none which is good too. Stop trying to fix what ain't broke.

All the best the growing world has to offer to our friend Patrick,

Sincerely,
Eric




Patrick Corliss wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 07:02:28 +0000, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 15:39:48 +1200, Joop Ternstra wrote:
>
> > >Our alt-Chair's absence, I believe, is due to illness. Therefore I keep
> > >encouraging Danny to appoint Chairs to some of the sublists to help him
> > >bringing order in the chaos.
> >
> > I am sorry to hear that.
> > I apologise for having thought that there might have been other reasons.
> > I hope Patrick will be healthy and participative soon.
>
> Hi Roberto
>
> Thank you for your kind comments about my health and this certainly requires
> urgent attention.  However, you are partly right that there are "other
> reasons".  One is the poor state of my personal finances.   Nevertheless
> my health problems are real and quite serious, I'm sorry to say.
>
> More significantly, however, is the almost total inability of the GA to
> function.  This has many reasons which I have spelled out on a number of
> occasions.  Several of these factors have been raised in the two threads on
> the
> subject of the Chair's recall.  I really should not need to reiterate them
> here.
>
> One is the attitude of the NC (as indicated by Danny).  Another is the
> desire by some well-known agitators to divert the process.  A third is the
> ineffective approach taken by Danny to solving these problems and, in
> particular, his lack of willingness to accept advice and input.
>
> Where I have difficulty is in the inter-relationship of these factors.  The
> NC seems to be stuffing up and this, with the added complication of internal
> GA bickering, seems to drive Danny to a "leadership" role.  This in turn
> causes
> justified criticism which is pounced on, and escalated, by the agitators.
>
> My own efforts to raise awareness (e.g. my comments about "red herings",
> diversionary tactics, the NC and mailing lists) just provides further
> ammunition
> leading to further diversions and biased commentary.  And so it goes.
>
> In fact, it took a huge effort on my part to get the GA to agree, generally,
> to move procedural debate to the [ga-rules] mailing list.  I saw this as a
> sound attempt to solve the problem of diversionary tactics such as are still
> occuring.  As well, the DNSO Secretariat proved recalcitrant in the extreme
> and I have had no support from the GA Chair in overcoming this problem.
>
> One result is that the motion has not been put to a vote <sigh>.
>
> At least I worked to obtain consensus.  However none of Danny's unilateral
> decisions have got of the ground.  I will not bore you with detailing them.
>
> There is also a serious problem in the ability of the list monitors to
> perform their work and this has led to several resignations.  You should be
> aware that one of Danny's decisions was to sack me as list monitor because
> of my comments about the lack of integrity shown by Elisabeth Porteneuve
> and Philip Sheppard.  I saw that as quite unreal and pathetic.
>
> Interestingly William X. Walsh argues that he can say what he likes about
> the Chair or the Alt Chair but should we return the favour he will lodge a
> formal complaint to [ga-abuse].  He will then complain bitterly about abuse
> of power should the list monitors not uphold his one-eyed views.
>
> None of this is designed to advance the process constructively.  I will
> remind
> participants of my post "They're Coming To Take Me Away.  Ha Ha."
>
> Of course, even those who seemed to support my efforts have truly put little
> effort into making them work.  One example is the Best Practices which its
> proponents argued did not need to be adopted in a formal sense.  Hence the
> recent comments on this list about a lack of process.
>
> My view is clear.  Unless the members of the GA genuinely work towards a
> co-operative approach then the whole framework is irrelevant.  Others have
> expressed the view that I am wasting my time because the framework is a sham
> anyway.  I appreciate that view but was determined to give it my best shot.
>
> All I wanted to do was to develop just ONE single policy outcome which would
> make its way though the formal process to the ICANN Board.  That would be a
> test of their goodwill @!!  I really was acting in the best interests of the
> GA.
>
> The truth is that I now realise that this is impossible particularly since I
> do not have the support of several key participants in the official process.
> I name these as Danny Younger, Philip Sheppard and Elisabeth Porteneuve.
>
> It is with regret, therefore, that I hereby resign as Alternate Chair of the
> General
> Assembly.
>
> Thank you for your trust.  I am truly sorry that I could not achieve the
> impossible.
>
> Best regards
> Patrick Corliss
>
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