Re: [ga] request for details about ALAC members

[k@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Kristy McKee)]

Roberto,


Thank you for your prompt and thorough response.

There is no need for ALAC members to be tech-geeks and it is inappropriate 
for Vittorio to pretend like the ALAC members are tech-geeks.  There is a 
lot of misinformation on the Internet, it is confusing to the general 
public and we/they count on information to make decisions.

Vittorio has much to offer the Internet community.  It is therefore 
necessary for him to focus on written messages that are honest, delivered 
with integrity, without false claims, and without attacking his constituents.

He has an opportunity as well to learn from you.  Personally, Roberto, I 
hope he pays attention because my experiences with you have been pleasant 
and for the benefit of the Internet in general.

Thank you for including your relevant financial information.  For those who 
are not as familiar with you, this is exactly the kind of information they 
require to be comfortable or justify their discomfort.  I am truly sorry 
that Vittorio missed this point and hope you have a bit of extra time to 
help him along.


Have a Great Weekend!


:)

~k

At 05:19 PM 10/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> Kristy McKee wrote:
>
> > I reviewed the link you sent (below) and discovered that you did in fact 
> > lie about the ALAC members Internet experience.  You are the only 
> > technical person on the committee; although Roberto has much expertise he 
> > has not, as far as I can tell, (he can let us know what is true) ever 
> > Administrated Internet systems.
>
>
> For the record, my CVs have appeared publicly at various times.
> Yes, Kristy is correct, I don't have direct experience as Internet systems 
> administrator, although I had technical teams reporting to me. However, I 
> don't see how this relates to ALAC: why on earth should ALAC reps be 
> geeks? Technical people are already represented at different levels in 
> ICANN, the problem, the way I see it, is that Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who only 
> use the Internet without even having any idea on how to reconfigure a 
> browser (and incidentally would never have any interest in how to do it in 
> first place), or maybe just bought one domain name because it's becoming 
> fashionable, have no whatsoever voice in the way the Internet is run, even 
> if they do have interest at stake.
>
> For the second, and probably most important point, which is funding, until 
> June 1999 my Internet activities have been funded by ETSI, my previous 
> employer. Since then (which includes my GA chairmanship) my participation 
> is done in my free time, using occasional funding from organizations like 
> Markle Foundation, topping up with money from my own pocket. At present, I 
> get reimboursement for participation to ICANN meetings by ICANN, in my 
> position of ALAC Liaison to the Board.
>
> We can probably discuss forever about the representativity of the current 
> ALAC members, on the fact that they have not been elected by popular vote 
> of the millions of users of the Internet, but this does not make us pawns 
> in the hands of phantom interests.
>
> Best regards
> Roberto
>
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