Re: [alac] RE: [alac-admin] Re: [ga] More ALAC Follies

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very true. it's doing much more harm than good. If ALAC continues to exist,
the chance for ANY representation for individual users is nonexistant.

Chris McElroy
http://www.newsandmediablog.com
http://www.wholettheblogout.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <aizu@xxxxxxx>; <alac_liaison@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <alac@xxxxxxxxx>;
<ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [alac] RE: [alac-admin] Re: [ga] More ALAC Follies


> Vittorio,
>
> It is evident that you and the ALAC are at your wits
> end.  Your project is falling apart by the seams.
> That reality has forced you into adopting yet another
> foolish new strategy.  As Izumi has written, "unless
> other constituencies such as ccTLDs agree to support
> AtLarge - user participation - to ICANN process, solo
> effort by existing ALAC/ALS may not be as effective as
> we want."
>
> Give it up.  Throw in the towel.  It's not working.
> Certifying what amounts to a ccTLD supplier group as a
> user institution (Bill Semich's Internet Users Group -
> Niue), has to be the low point of your truly pitiful
> exercise.
>
> By now you must realize that there has been absolutely
> no at-large buy-in into your universally unsupported
> initiative. The continued existence of the ALAC only
> serves to defeat the prospect of representation for
> individuals within the ICANN process.  Your continued
> pursuit of the ALAC fantasy is a gross disservice to
> the At-Large world that has seen fit to send comment
> after comment to the ICANN settlement-comments forum
> while your "Certfied At-Large Structures" have yet to
> send through a single remark.
>
> You are perpetuating a sham.  You are wasting valuable
> energy and funds to no avail.  I can't wait to read
> your Committee's self-review -- I'm sure that it will
> rise to the top of the fiction best seller's list.
>
> Best wishes,
> Danny
>
> --- Vittorio Bertola <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Danny Younger ha scritto:
> > > Izumi,
> > >
> > > The big question is this:  Has the ALAC been
> > > manipulated?  Does the Internet Users Society -
> > Niue
> > > actually represent the interests of the island's
> > users
> > > or is it merely a "front" for a pornographic
> > empire?
> >
> > I am perfectly aware of the long-standing issue over
> > the delegation of
> > .nu, and, personally, I am of the idea that the
> > government of a country
> > should have the sole and ultimate word on who gets
> > to run its ccTLD.
> > That said, I would be very concerned if we started
> > to reject applicants
> > by the fact that they dissent with their government.
> > I know that this point might be theoretical, but if
> > there are other
> > users in Niue that want to participate and don't
> > feel represented by
> > IUSN, they can apply as well: we do not grant
> > exclusives to our
> > applicants, we just verify whether they meet some
> > basic criteria.
> > -- 
> > vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a]
> > bertola.eu.org]<-----
> > http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
> >
>
>
>
>
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