Re: [ga] Re: ICANN's Squelching Stakeholders/users and/or the public

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,
 
I believe the problem is more systemic and born out of ignorance and arrogance.
There has been no place reserved for marketing in the Organizational chart.
There is no position available in the employment at ICANN.
There is no money set aside for marketing, or polling or surveys.
The at-large has absolutely no popular participation for input or output.
The massive user databases maintain by registrars, regestires and ISPs which are under Third Party Beneficiary contracts with the US gov. have never once been used to solicit input as to governance and standards issues.
Let us call it the Berlin Wall #2, they need not squealch what they neither let in nor out.
Further note the absence of any policy paper on using IT to promote Information Technology.
Eric
http://www.icann.org/general/policy.html
http://www.icann.org/financials/budget-fy04-05-21jul04.html
 
http://www.icann.org/general/jobs.htm
 
 
 
Organizational Chart 

The following chart depicts the overall organization of ICANN as a result of its Evolution and Reform Process conducted in 2002. Transition to this new overall structure began on 15 December 2002, when ICANN's New Bylaws came into effect, and will continue into 2003. Abbreviations are as follows:

   ALAC = At-Large Advisory Committee 
   ASO = Address Supporting Organization 
   CCNSO = Country-Code Names Supporting Organization 
   GAC = Governmental Advisory Committee 
   GNSO = Generic Names Supporting Organization 
   RSSAC = Root-Server System Advisory Committee 
   SSAC = Security and Stability Advisory Committee 
   TLG = Technical Liaison Group 

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