Re: [ga] Re: [ALSC-Forum] Update on Process

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Eric and all stakeholders or interested parties,

 Here Here for Karl!  >;)  And although Eric didn't mention him,
Here for Andy M.M.

Eric Dierker wrote:

> I do not want anyone to think for a minute that my criticism of our BS extends
> to cavebear.
>
> Yes I sometimes am critical of him because I want him to act outrageously.
> But he maintains a high ground that we should all aspire to.
>
> Just as it is with Danny, I sometimes take my shoe off and pound it on the
> table, but I fully support both of these fine gentlemen.  We all owe them.
>
> e
>
> Karl Auerbach wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Eric Dierker wrote:
> >
> > > It would appear that the ALSC has devolved into a CEO/Staff function.
> >
> > > So I ask Karl whether this is appropriate corporate conduct?
> >
> > The ALSC report's contents were *not* adopted in Los Angeles last month.
> > We merely accepted the document - with "accepted" being merely an
> > acknowldegement of receipt of the document, not an endorsement of its
> > contents.
> >
> > Given the mess of the procedures of the last election, it seems sensible
> > to allow ICANN's staff to start figuring out how such an election will be
> > held.  (Most of the debate on the ALSC report has not been on the election
> > process but rather on other items.)
> >
> > This preparatory activity of the staff is limited - they must be "mindful"
> > of the report's contents.  This means that they must act with awareness of
> > the fact that the at-large as deployed may be very much different than
> > what is in the ALSC report.
> >
> > ICANN's staff is going to have to do a balancing act between preparation
> > and the fact that if they go too far some of their work may have to be
> > undone.  There will almost certainly be some wasted effort and wasted
> > effort - the trick will be to minimize that.
> >
> > I am fearful that there could develop a situation in which ICANN's staff
> > implements their own view of an at-large and ends up creating a situation
> > that I called "creeping fait accompli" - that of an increasing feeling
> > that ICANN can not adopt any other approach because of the waste of money
> > that would be involved by discarding what staff had done.
> >
> >                 --karl--
>
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