Re: [ga] ISOC Captures ALAC

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

If you've read through the last half dozen Status
Reports to the DOC, you'll note that the ALAC figures
prominently in each one of them.  ICANN will not
forego this fraudulent pretense because it's vital to
their MOU completion effort.  They have to pretend
that everything is wonderful, and that things will
work themselves out over the course of time.

The ALAC is ICANN's answer to their ninth obligation
under the last MOU amendment:  

"Continue to develop, to test, and to implement
appropriate mechanisms that foster informed
participation in ICANN by the global Internet
community, such as providing educational services
and fostering information sharing for constituents
and promoting best practices among industry
segments."

Without that ALAC section in their response, all that
ICANN can point to is attendance at a few meetings.
We're being victimized just so that ICANN can play the
game of appearing to be responsive.  


--- Richard Henderson <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Membership of ALAC should be on the basis of
> individuals, exercising
> one-person-one-vote, and one-person-one-opinion.
> 
> This would tend to diminish any concerns about
> capture, and would also give
> ALAC back to the people it is supposed to represent:
> 
> Individuals.
> 
> It's obvious.
> 
> Yrs,
> 
> Richard Henderson
> www.atlarge.org
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:27 PM
> Subject: [ga] ISOC Captures ALAC
> 
> 
> > Reading through the list of certified At-Large
> > Structures is almost like reading through the
> roster
> > of chapters of the Internet Society.  At this
> time,
> > ISOC chapters constitute in excess of 50% of all
> > certified ALAC organizations (almost 60%).
> >
> > Now, don't get me wrong... I happen to like ISOC
> and I
> > used to serve on the Board of the New York
> Chapter,
> > but I don't like the idea of "capture".
> >
> > The authors of the White Paper weren't too keen on
> the
> > idea either.
> >
> > Obviously, we have a growing problem as more and
> more
> > ISOC chapters seek to associate themselves with
> the
> > ALAC initiative.  At the moment, the issue is
> somewhat
> > dormant as known of these groups (ISOC-related or
> > otherwise) has offered any public advice to the
> ALAC
> > or to the ICANN Board.  But what happens when this
> > group of entities eventually attains a critical
> mass
> > and their synergy starts to impact the advisory
> > process?
> >
> > Capture is not healthy.  It is one of the reasons
> why
> > the NCUC prudently restricted membership to
> primary
> > organizations and did not allow membership for
> > individual organizational chapters.
> >
> > The Board should deal with this matter.  In my
> view,
> > if they really want the steady input afforded by
> ISOC
> > chapter views, let them set up an ISOC Supporting
> > Organization, but let's not pretend that these
> RALO
> > wannabes are actually the At-Large.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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