Re: [ga] ICANN Staff's at-large website

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

Yes! ALAC is the *interface* between ICANN and the real At Large. It is an
imposed *interface*. The more *interfaces* ICANN puts between itself and the
democratic self-determination of the real At Large of ordinary internet
users, the better, from ICANN's point of view!

That's the whole game, isn't it?

Keep the people at arm's length. Keep democracy at a distance. Keep critics
at a distance. Create *interfaces* filled with appointed individuals.

Danny is absolutely right.

Richard H

----- Original Message -----
From: <kent@songbird.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Staff's at-large website


> On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:20:33PM -0500, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
> > Without any fanfare, ICANN Staff has launched alac.icann.org as the
> > website for the At-Large Community.
> [unnecessary inflamatory rhetoric deleted]
>
> ALAC stands for "At-Large Advisory Committee", not "At-Large Community".
> As I understand it, the ALAC is the interface between ICANN and the
> At-Large, and consequently, if there wasn't an ICANN web site for the
> ALAC, you most certainly would be complaining bitterly about it.
> Moreover, there is absolutely nothing to prevent the "At-Large
> Community", or portions of it, from forming one or more websites of
> their own, and I'm sure that they will.
>
> Kent
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