Re: [ga] request for details about ALAC members

[Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Kristy McKee wrote:
>[snip]
> Just in case you were wondering, there is enough information available to
> convince even the most hopeful person that ICANN's ALAC truly has no
> interest in working for the purpose of enhancing the Internet for netizens;
> but rather the special interest groups they represent.

	This is silly.  I am far from "the most hopeful person" when it
comes to anything ICANN, as folks who have read my writings know.  And
there's plenty to criticize in the fact that the ALAC members were
appointed top-down by the ICANN board and nomcomm.  But I'm personally
familiar with a half-dozen of the ALAC folks, and I can testify that
they're people of integrity and good will (not to mention a pretty
sensible approach to substantive DNS issues).  That does *not* mean that
we should all jump on the ALAC bandwagon (as Michael points out, the group
is powerless anyway) -- but it means that a blanket personal attack on its
members is a bad way to go.

Jon


Jonathan Weinberg
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