Re: [ga] ISOC Captures ALAC

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Membership of ALAC should be on the basis of individuals, exercising
one-person-one-vote, and one-person-one-opinion.

This would tend to diminish any concerns about capture, and would also give
ALAC back to the people it is supposed to represent:

Individuals.

It's obvious.

Yrs,

Richard Henderson
www.atlarge.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:27 PM
Subject: [ga] ISOC Captures ALAC


> Reading through the list of certified At-Large
> Structures is almost like reading through the roster
> of chapters of the Internet Society.  At this time,
> ISOC chapters constitute in excess of 50% of all
> certified ALAC organizations (almost 60%).
>
> Now, don't get me wrong... I happen to like ISOC and I
> used to serve on the Board of the New York Chapter,
> but I don't like the idea of "capture".
>
> The authors of the White Paper weren't too keen on the
> idea either.
>
> Obviously, we have a growing problem as more and more
> ISOC chapters seek to associate themselves with the
> ALAC initiative.  At the moment, the issue is somewhat
> dormant as known of these groups (ISOC-related or
> otherwise) has offered any public advice to the ALAC
> or to the ICANN Board.  But what happens when this
> group of entities eventually attains a critical mass
> and their synergy starts to impact the advisory
> process?
>
> Capture is not healthy.  It is one of the reasons why
> the NCUC prudently restricted membership to primary
> organizations and did not allow membership for
> individual organizational chapters.
>
> The Board should deal with this matter.  In my view,
> if they really want the steady input afforded by ISOC
> chapter views, let them set up an ISOC Supporting
> Organization, but let's not pretend that these RALO
> wannabes are actually the At-Large.
>
>
>
>
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