[ga] The Mailing List Issue

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello George,

Clearly there would be merit in having a mailing list exclusive to constituency 
members.  However, I would not want to see such a list put into place until 
such time as each constituency maintains a public archive of their own 
discussions.  

As you know, the registrars have moved their own discussions to a private 
forum.  The IPC no longer maintains a list archive.  The registries have never 
had a transparent list, etc.  This doesn't sit well with those of us that 
believe that ICANN bylaws on transparency "to the maximum extent feasible" 
should be honored.  




--- On Tue, 1/6/09, George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [ga] ICANN's Fellowship Program
> To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 5:00 PM
> Hello,
> 
> --- Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The fellowship program is only an issue because ICANN
> has been
> > insisting that it didn't have enough monies to
> fund GNSO Council
> > member travel expenses.  
> 
> I've not supported ICANN directly funding travel
> expenses. It's been
> demonstrated that they make little effort to get the lowest
> possible
> fares or hotel rates, etc. If any funds are to be
> allocated, they
> should go directly to the constituencies, who can then
> ensure that the
> funds are spent wisely (e.g. perhaps lowering constituency
> fees, paying
> for secretariats, etc. is a better use than funding travel
> junkets). 
> 
> Remote participation continues to be crude, in this age
> when there are
> low cost tools like ustream.tv or Webex, etc. Many might
> save the
> bother and expense of travel if they could get the job done
> remotely,
> working from their home or office, instead of participating
> in the road
> shows as an Oath of Fealty to their ICANN lords. 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fealty
> 
> It would also enable broader participation. The continued
> lack of a
> GNSO mailing list open only to members of constituencies,
> in order to
> foster cross-constituency communications  in a high signal
> to noise
> environment, is also telling. 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> George Kirikos
> http://www.leap.com/