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Re: [ga] A Call for Resignations
I have several discussion with At-Large committee members, at ICANN
meetings, over emails, and also at the recent APRICOT.
I asked them what values they bring to ICANN beside signing up regional
organizations which have little to do with ICANN charter, they provide
no answer.
I told them that they are heading the wrong direction but none think
so. (see
http://http://james.seng.cc/archives/2004/12/04/icann_at-large.html)
I offered to help them to use tools to facilitate online discussion, no
response.
I have given up trying to change the current committee members. Hence,
I fully endorse this letter (Thanks Danny) and call for all the
existing At-Large committee members to resign.
-James Seng
On 28-Feb-05, at AM 04:46, Danny Younger wrote:
Dear members of the At-Large Advisory Committee:
This request has been sent to each of you personally with copies
forwarded to each member of the ICANN Board, to the At-Large Forum, to
committee[at] alac.icann.org, to the ICANN Ombudsman, to the At-Large
Executive Director, to the General Assembly discussion list, to the
GNSO ALAC Liaison, to the GAC ALAC Liaison, to the Chair of the GNSO
Council, to the Chair of the ccNSO Council and to the ICANN
Vice-President for Policy Development Support.
I would like to begin by thanking Thomas Roessler and Esther Dyson for
their service on the At-Large Advisory Committee and applaud their
decision to resign in order to better pursue other endeavors. I now
call upon the remaining members of the At-Large Advisory Committee to
tender their resignations.
This is a vote of no confidence. I believe that I speak for the
At-Large community when I say that your service is no longer desired.
The At-Large respects the concept of transparency; you do not. No
minutes of any of your meetings have ever been posted. No MP3
recordings of any of your teleconferences have ever been provided. No
record of any committee vote has ever been published. At a time when
the world expects the entities responsible for the management of the
domain name system to be transparent, you have chosen to operate in
secret. It would be honorable for you to resign.
The At-Large believes in the exchange of dialogue with all parties in
the ICANN deliberative process; you do not. Messages have been sent
to you, through the ALAC forum, through your commitee e-mail address,
through the General Assembly discussion list, and to each of you
individually. You have chosen not to respond to the concerns and
criticisms put forth by individual members of the At-Large community.
It would be honorable for you to resign.
The At-Large continues to advocate for the representation that was
promised to us on the ICANN Board; you do not. The ALAC has never
once raised the primary issue that is central to the At-Large
Community. Representation is one of the four pillars of the White
Paper. The At-Large cannot abide by your ongoing efforts to
substitute "participation" for the "representation" that is our due.
It would be honorable for you to resign.
The At-Large Study Committee found consensus for the formation of a
Supporting Organization for the At-Large. The At-Large supports the
concept of an SO within which our interest can manifest; you do not.
The ALAC has never once discussed the establishment of a Supporting
Organization for the At-Large that elects directors to the ICANN
Board. The At-Large cannot stand idly by while our interests are
being ignored. It would be honorable for you to resign.
The At-Large understands its composition as individuals and
organizations not otherwise represented by ICANN's Supporting
Organizations; you do not. The ALAC now seeks to speak on behalf of
Civil Society, a collectivity that is already represented by way of
ICANN's Non-Commercial Constituency, instead of honoring its mandate
to reflect the interests of the unrepresented in the ICANN process.
The At-Large does not support the perversion of the ALAC mandate to
the detriment of the real At-Large community. It would be honorable
for you to resign.
The At-Large rejects the folly of fragmentation into regional
entities; you do not. No other constituency in the ICANN process is
being forced to subdivide into regional groups. We do not have an
Asia/Pacific Business Constituency unit, nor a Latin-American, nor
North-American, nor European nor African required subset of the
Business Community as a prerequisite to formal participation as a
constituent element within the ICANN process. The ALAC's dogmatic
pursuit of an unsustainable construct demonstrates that you are unfit
to serve the needs of the At-Large community. It would be honorable
for you to resign.
The At-Large understands that you were required by the ICANN Board to
offer "Internet-based mechanisms that enable discussions among members
of At-Large structures"; you do not. The ALAC has failed to set up
even one single mechanism for At-Large discussions. Discussions are
that which occur between parties; it is not exemplified by a mechanism
that only allows you to throw a brick-with-a-note over the fence into
a forum. The ALAC's failure to provide internet-based discussion
mechanisms is not only a breach of the ICANN bylaws, it is an insult
to the At-Large on whose behalf you purportedly act. It would be
honorable for you to resign.
The At-Large community has noted time and time again the failure of
ICANN to post the minutes of its Board meetings; you have not. The
ALAC has never sent a statement to the Board condemning such blatant
disregard for transparency and has never acted on behalf of the
At-Large to ensure that bylaws are being followed. When bylaws aren't
being followed, when PDP status pages are never posted, when Issue
Reports are not generated as per bylaws guidelines, when PDP Public
Commment periods fail to materialize, this affects the At-Large that
is denied the opportunity to effectively contribute to policy
deliberations. The ALAC has done nothing to promote the interests of
the At-Large as contributors in the ICANN process; we remain shut out
of all deliberations. It would be honorable for you to resign.
The At-Large recognizes that the nineteen certified At-Large
"structures" have contributed absolutely nothing to discussions
pertaining to the domain name system; you do not. The ALAC continues
to point to an ongoing certification process of at-large "structures"
as a barometer of success; we regard it as a tacit demonstration of
failure as no tangible benefits have accrued from this process and
there has been no demonstrated interest in forming even one single
regional at-large organization. If you haven't yet gotten the
message, allow me to repeat it one last time -- it would be honorable
for you to resign.
There are others that can provide advice to the ICANN Board regarding
the needs and interest of the At-Large. While the ALAC has no defined
term limits, it is clear to us that you have had your turn and sadly,
your performance has not adequately served the needs of the At-Large;
please step aside and let others get the job done.
Sincerely,
Danny Younger
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