Re: [ga] ISOC Captures ALAC

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

I could not agree more with Richards comments.  However as the ISOC
some few years ago once had individual voting members changed their
charter at the suggestion in part of Vint Cerf amongst a few others
ISOC BoD members to change ISOC's charter to eliminate voting
individual members citing costs of membership and individual participation
as the reason, which of course was nonsense.  It seems that Danny Younger
also does not support an At-Large that allows of individual members
from his earlier comments on this thread related to the NCUC.

Therefor individual stakeholders/users have been betrayed by ICANN
and it seems to a degree by DOC/NTIA.  Such a betrayal is paramount
to policies that do not fit the "internet is for everyone" doctrine of
Vint Cerf and most REAL stakeholders/users.

Richard Henderson 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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Regards,

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