Re: [ga] ALAC: Individuals Not Wanted

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

You hit the nail  on the head dead center.  What's amazing is that
DOC/NTIA didn't agree with this errant attitude, yet has made
no real move to correct same, leaving ICANN again to fix
what it doesn't want to fix in the first place.

Richard Henderson wrote:

>   Well I've told you this all along.
>
> ALAC is a constituency that represents Individual Internet Users -
> only trouble is: individual internet users are not allowed to join.
>
> Reason: whatever happens, ICANN never wants to run the risk again of
> individual internet users actually participating as individuals and
> bringing the risk of democratic accountability to ICANN's processes.
>
> Last time that happened, the democratically elected representatives of
> the At Large were *expelled* from the ICANN Board.
>
> ALAC was the structure introduced not by Individual Users but by the
> ICANN Board - and implemented by Denise Michel - with the purpose of
> creating the semblance of User Participation, without the threat of
> its reality.
>
> Look at the At Large forums. The voice of Internet Users of the whole
> world? A Joke!
>
> Why can Individual Users not participate in their own right in a
> structure supposedly for... Individual Users?
>
> Lamentable!
>
> Yrs,
>
> Richard Henderson
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Danny Younger
>   To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Cc: mike@xxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 6:11 PM
>   Subject: [ga] ALAC: Individuals Not Wanted
>
>
>   Date:  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:26:31 -0700
>   From:  "ICANN At-Large" < committee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   To:  dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx
>   Subject:  At-Large Structure Application
>
>
>   Danny Younger:
>
>   Members of ICANN's Interim At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
> reviewed
>   your application for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) designation and
>   determined that it did not meet the criteria for ALS certification
>   (<http://www.alac.icann.org/framework.htm>).
>
>   If you believe this decision was reached in error and have
> additional
>   information to share, please contact us.  You also may submit a
> request
>   for review to ICANN's Ombudsman if you feel you have been treated in
> an
>   unfair manner under the applicable ICANN policies
>   (<http://www.icann.org/ombudsman/>).
>
>   The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that a group meets
> the
>   necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local
> or
>   issue level in ICANN activities, and that the group will support its
>
>   individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that
> affect
>   end-users.  If you create or join a group comprised of individual
>   Internet users interested in ICANN involvement, the ALAC encourages
> you
>   (or the group with which you are involved) to re-apply for ALS
>   certification.
>
>   We also hope you will consider being involved in ICANN At-Large in
>   other
>   ways:
>
>   - ICANN's Nominating Committee appoints members of the ALAC from
> each
>   geographic region and seeks candidates each year
>   (<http://www.icann.org/committees/nom-comm/>);
>
>   - Individuals with the requisite knowledge and experience are
>   encouraged
>   to volunteer to represent At-Large on ICANN task forces developing
> new
>   policies and addressing issues of interest to end-users (contact us
> for
>   more information);
>
>   - Input on issues pending in ICANN that affect the Internet's
> end-users
>   is regularly sought by the ALAC via its website, email
> announcements,
>   and forum <http://www.alac.icann.org/>.
>
>   Thank you for your interest in ICANN At-Large.
>
>   Sincerely,
>
>   The Interim At-Large Advisory Committee
>   www.alac.icann.org
>   committee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>

Regards,
--
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