Re: [ga] request for details about ALAC members

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric is, of course, correct. ALAC was a Boardroom initiative to try to
legitimise the disgraceful expulsion from the self-serving Board of the
elected representatives of ordinary internet users.

They booted out the At Large directors, and then formed ALAC because they
had to give some "impression" that Internet Users were being involved, when
in fact they were being disenfranchised and rendered powerless within the
ICANN structure.

ALAC wasn't devised or called for by the At Large user community. It was
invented "top down" and is still largely rejected by the real At Large, who
believe they have the right to self-organise, choose their own
representatives, and operate "bottom up".

As Eric said, ALAC was cynically expedient from the outset!

Yrs,

Richard H

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Dierker <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>

> I do not believe it was conceived in good faith.
> It was politically expediant at the time.
> Eric
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> >   The ALAC was conceived in good faith but subverted early on
> > and is illegitimate as anything close to representing any and all
> >stakeholders/users and seems to desire to remain so.
> >
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