[ga] Re: [At-Large] Rest in Peace

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny and all,

  Frankly I for one am rather jubilant as to the demise of the EURALO,
as are most of our European members in that the EURALO, like most
of the RALO's and ALS'es do not and will not for reasons that have
already been largely and voluminously been articulated by yourself,
myself as US liaison and Spokesman to our European members, and
a host of others, represent the interests of users and user-registrants.

  Let us now put the long rotting corps of the EURALO as deep
in it's well deserved grave so that it's stench shall not circumnavigate
the globe to everyone's offense.

Danny Younger wrote:

> We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of our recently deceased 
> European regional representative, the Euralo.  With not a single comment 
> submitted on the Euro-discuss or Euro-board list in a full month, the patient 
> finally withered and died after a long and sustained boredom that saw none of 
> its two dozen members act to breathe any hope of life into the now rotting 
> corpse.
>
> "We knew the end was coming fast when a deputy chair resigned from the 
> organization", stated a Euralo Board representative (speaking on condition of 
> anonymity);  "when board members could no longer "identify with Euralo's 
> structure and mode of operation", it was clear that the organization's death 
> was imminent."
>
> The Euralo will be missed, but in the finest tradition of those who cash the 
> welfare checks of the dead, we are confident that ICANN's travel funds will 
> continue to be used by the European community so that the spirit of the 
> lifeless Euralo may continue to cast votes on such spellbinding matters as 
> the ALAC ExCom ReOrganization, the plan to publicly flog non-performing ALAC 
> members, and the Summit-for-those-that-can't-be-bothered-to-participate.
>
> As we think back on all the regional issues that were brought to the fore by 
> the Euralo... monumental issues such as "confronting the prospect of ISOC 
> capture of European institutions" that saw a mad dash of ALSs sign up in 
> reckless abandon to join the Euralo solely in order to confront the looming 
> evil menace on the horizon, we tip our hats to the Civil Society component 
> that brought such a lively comedic flair to the rather staid ICANN technical 
> processes.
>
> The Euralo will be missed.  Somewhere it will be pushing up daisies whose 
> fragrance will remind us that only individuals, not organizations, can best 
> represent the interest of the world's internet users.   The Euralo is dead, 
> but the lessons that it taught will inspire us for generations -- lessons 
> such as:  when it costs nothing to join an organization, nothing is what you 
> can assuredly expect from those that sign up".
>
> A sad farewell to the Euralo.  May it rest in peace.
>
>
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