Re: [ga] Danny Younger's opinion about icannatlarge.com

[DannyYounger@cs.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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