Re: [ga] ALAC

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  Very nice story Danny.  But of course, many of us knew and stated such

that the ALAC was at it inception a sham, and remains such.  Why on
earth you or anyone of reasonable ability to interpret ICANN's known
and well documented history did not recognize what the ALAC was
really all about from the start, remains a puzzling mystery to me, and
I am sure others...

Danny Younger wrote:

>   Once upon a time, a young man from Italy had a wondrous dream --
> magicly people all over the world would come together and
> self-organize into groups that would collaborate with other groups
> that would then form powerful regional umbrella groups that would
> interact with other such umbrellas in a vibrant multi-colored caucus
> that would convey and articulate the vox populi to the King and his
> Court.
>
> Inspired by this powerful vision the young man launched himself on a
> most noble quest -- to ensure that the voice of the common man would
> forever resound within His Majesty's Chambers.  True, the path would
> be difficult (as he knew that purges of those elected to the Royal
> Court loomed menacingly on the horizon), but the young man was
> unshaken in his conviction and committed himself to finding allies
> that shared the King's ear.
>
> Braver than a knight engaging a most vicious dragon, the young man
> initiated his quest by boldly courting the favor of the Kingdom's
> beloved Queen Esther.  His resolve was finally rewarded in the form of
> a Royal Appointment as the Kingdom's Jester-at-large.  But the young
> man was not to be daunted by this lowly position; to the contrary, he
> was even more motivated to persevere.  So, while the King and his clan
> were busy deposing those democratically-elected to the Royal Court,
> the Jester continued to entertain the Nobility as heads began to roll
> -- he extolled the virtues of Pie-in-the-Sky, he proposed Memorandums,
> he conceptualized Structures.
>
> It amused the Court, and one fine day the Magistrates resolved to
> issue a Proclamation that officially sanctioned the young man's vision
> (after all, they needed to keep the citizenry distracted now that they
> had denied to them forever the right to vote).  The young man was very
> happy.  Finally he had been knighted by the King and Court as a
> Lord-at-Large.  Now his wondrous dream could become a reality.
>
> ...or so he thought.  But something unexpected happened along the way
> -- nine months after the Proclamation and his worldwide movement still
> hadn't given birth to a single local structure.  Something was
> definately wrong... perhaps a midwife was needed.
>
> The young man decided to force the issue by setting an example -- he
> would apply on behalf of his own local Meeting Hall to have them
> designated as a Courtly structure (and, of course, as Lord-at-Large he
> would ensure that they were duly certified by his fellow Lords).  But
> just to be on the safe side, he would set up a Work Group for the
> common folk in his local Meeting Hall devoted to the issues of
> Governance and Courtly Membership so that all of Royalty could wonder
> at his achievement.
>
> But again, something unexpected happened along the way -- over one
> year later and not one single person had joined the Lord's Local Work
> Group; in fact, one day an Eviction Notice was posted by the Secretary
> of the Local Meeting Hall claiming that the action was necessary in
> view of "null traffic in the course of a year".
>
> What was he to do?  The young man pondered.  Perhaps he should say
> nothing and hope that no one would notice.  He and his fellow Court
> Advisors had always met in secret anyway (never posting any of the
> minutes of their meetings).  As he and his compatriots seemed to care
> little for transparency, why should he bother to reveal that his own
> Structure was a fraud, that no local discussions had ever transpired
> in the Hall designated for that purpose, and that no local advice was
> ever sent upwards to the Lord-at-large who was forced to pontificate
> on behalf of those that chose not to participate.
>
> He wondered, was his dream becoming a nightmare?  Did his Courtly
> Structures anywhere contribute anything to the expression of the
> individual voice?  Or was it just a profoundly stupid idea in the
> first place?
>
> The young man had no answers to offer.
>
> Meanwhile, the King and his Court lived happily ever after.
>
> The End.
>
>
>
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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