Re: [alac] RE: [alac-admin] Re: [ga] More ALAC Follies

[Abel Wisman <abel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paid plane tickets, 1st class hotels paid for, a $ 400 per diem added to
another budget for "running cost" and the opportunity to "network" to
your heart's content seems to be the going rate for keeping this scam
alive.

With the cover of this by ICANN itself and the various "real"
constituencies, (all business related except one minority) under various
flags and in the end all representing the "earning" side of the medal,
this can obviously be perpetuated for a long time.

It has nothing to do with representation on any level, it's all about
the pecunia and they (alac) are close enough to the fire to get warmed
by it.



On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 18:09 +0000, Danny Younger wrote:
> Vittorio,
> 
> It is evident that you and the ALAC are at your wits 
> end.  Your project is falling apart by the seams.  
> That reality has forced you into adopting yet another 
> foolish new strategy.  As Izumi has written, "unless 
> other constituencies such as ccTLDs agree to support 
> AtLarge - user participation - to ICANN process, solo 
> effort by existing ALAC/ALS may not be as effective as 
> we want."  
> 
> Give it up.  Throw in the towel.  It's not working.  
> Certifying what amounts to a ccTLD supplier group as a 
> user institution (Bill Semich's Internet Users Group - 
> Niue), has to be the low point of your truly pitiful 
> exercise.
> 
> By now you must realize that there has been absolutely 
> no at-large buy-in into your universally unsupported 
> initiative. The continued existence of the ALAC only 
> serves to defeat the prospect of representation for 
> individuals within the ICANN process.  Your continued 
> pursuit of the ALAC fantasy is a gross disservice to 
> the At-Large world that has seen fit to send comment 
> after comment to the ICANN settlement-comments forum 
> while your "Certfied At-Large Structures" have yet to 
> send through a single remark.  
> 
> You are perpetuating a sham.  You are wasting valuable 
> energy and funds to no avail.  I can't wait to read 
> your Committee's self-review -- I'm sure that it will 
> rise to the top of the fiction best seller's list.
> 
> Best wishes, 
> Danny
> 
> --- Vittorio Bertola <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Danny Younger ha scritto: 
> > > Izumi, 
> > >  
> > > The big question is this:  Has the ALAC been 
> > > manipulated?  Does the Internet Users Society - 
> > Niue 
> > > actually represent the interests of the island's 
> > users 
> > > or is it merely a "front" for a pornographic 
> > empire? 
> >  
> > I am perfectly aware of the long-standing issue over 
> > the delegation of  
> > .nu, and, personally, I am of the idea that the 
> > government of a country  
> > should have the sole and ultimate word on who gets 
> > to run its ccTLD. 
> > That said, I would be very concerned if we started 
> > to reject applicants  
> > by the fact that they dissent with their government. 
> > I know that this point might be theoretical, but if 
> > there are other  
> > users in Niue that want to participate and don't 
> > feel represented by  
> > IUSN, they can apply as well: we do not grant 
> > exclusives to our  
> > applicants, we just verify whether they meet some 
> > basic criteria. 
> > --  
> > vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] 
> > bertola.eu.org]<----- 
> > http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi... 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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