Re: [ga] ALAC statement on resolution of non-existing domain name s

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:40 a.m. 21/09/2003, Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Speaking personally, I do not claim that at this time ALAC is more
> democratic than it actually is - that is, a committee of advisors
> appointed partly by the (previous) ICANN Board and partly by ICANN's
> NomCom. One of our objectives - possibly the most important - is to
> set up a system for bottom-up selection of the committee members, and
> the degree of democraticity of this system will depend on the ideas
> and actions of those who participate in setting it up.


Fair enough. I will believe in their "democracity" when I see good will 
towards those who are actually trying and an attempt to help them.


> And, of course, the actual level of influence that the ALAC will have
> upon ICANN's actions in the long term still has to be determined:



similar to the influence of an editor on his boss, the media owner...

> formally, it is just an advisory committee, but this doesn't mean that
> its opinions won't count; time will show.

Convictions change history only when they are carried with courage.

> Finally, I do not think that "no one cares"...

Yes, I agree that that may be too harsh. There are good people there.

-joop-