Re: [ga] Re: news from bucharest: at large exists again

[Marc Schneiders <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, at 12:41 [=GMT-0400], James Love wrote:

> Marc, I think you are missing the point.  It will be easy to get your
> organization included in the at-large.org thing.

I doubt it.

> It just doesn't mean
> anything.

You are right. The Board should inform us about that as well...

> You can't vote or freely choose your own leaders.  You just
> become a volenteer focus group for the staff, and you get used to allow the
> board to claim they have an at large.
>
> Jamie
>
>
>
> Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, at 17:33 [=GMT+0300], Alexander Svensson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I'm not highly enthusiastic for the ALAC idea, to make that
> >>clear. But it *may* be a way the At Large could prove that it's
> >>not only discussing At Large itself, but also handle issues like
> >>Whois, new TLDs etc. and have a meaningful role in policy
> >>development.
> >
> >
> > Is it not a bit too much to ask people to invest their (spare) time into
> > an enterprise that has many signs of be(com)ing ineffective, because of
> > the way the ICANN Board has so far handled the issue? At-Large efforts of
> > the Board can all be classified as side-tracking.
> >
> >
> >>(Don't attack the messenger, please: I believe
> >>that the At Large can do that. Some Board members clearly
> >>don't.)
> >
> >
> > Attack the Board then? :-/
> >
> > If the Board is serious, it tells us very soon what the criteria will be
> > for organizations to be allowed to be part of the official At-Large. Until
> > such info materializes, I would advise anyone not to waste her time.
> >
> >
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