Re: [ga] Karl, Danny, George, JFC and the At Large domain name

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hope Danny Younger will forgive me if I quote from his well-chosen words 
on the ICANN At Large list on 6th June:
You have chosen to accept a perversion formulated after at-large directors 
were expelled from the Board instead of that which was broadly accepted by 
the wider community.  In doing so, you have abandoned the clearly stated 
goals of the at-large, namely:
"The goals of the at-large membership are as follows:
        (a) to include any Internet user with access and verifiable 
identity in order to reflect the global diversity of users (membership 
should not be limited to IP address or domain name holders),
        (b) to elect Directors to the ICANN Board by procedures that are 
valid and authentic,
        (c) to ensure that ICANN's corporate structure operates for the 
benefit of the Internet community as a whole, is not captured, and continues 
to provide fair and proportional representation of the entire user 
community,
        (d) to provide input from the user community to the ICANN Directors 
and
        (e) to do so in a cost-efficient manner."

So, what steps has your "pretend At-Large" taken to secure voting 
representation on the ICANN Board of Directors?
None whatsoever.  It's pathetic, and an insult to every At-Large member that 
voted in the earlier global elections.  You should all be ashamed.
End of Danny's quote. I repeat my point: ALAC has been a sham structure 
devised as a mechanism to keep individual users out rather than let them 
join.
Best wishes,

Richard Henderson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elmar Knipp" <Elmar.Knipp@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Karl, Danny, George, JFC and the At Large domain name


> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Richard Henderson wrote: