Re: [ga] The ALAC has a new website

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great information, Richard. Thank you. It goes to prove the point we make
over and over again.

We can prove they do not represent individual users. We can prove there is
no transparency. We can prove there is no "bottom-up" consensus on any
issues. We can prove conflicts of interest on the BoD of ICANN and suppoort
organizations.

What we haven't been able to do is get anyone who can do anything about it
to listen.

Chris McElroy
http://www.wholettheblogout.com
http://www.newsandmediablog.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] The ALAC has a new website


> My main concern remains the fact that ALAC is supposed to be for
Individual
> Internet Users, but Individual Internet Users are barred from joining as
> Individuals.
>
> On this new website it says that in order to be certified as an At Large
> Structure an organisation must meet minimum criteria, including: "offering
> Internet-based mechanisms that enable discussions of one or more of these
> activities and issues among individual constituents/members"
>
(http://icannalac.org/what-is-the-certification-process-and-criteria-for-cre
> ation-of-an-at-large-structure--2.html )
>
> If I look on the ICANN.org site and check out the ALAC structures that
have
> already been certified, and check out their web presence to see if,
indeed,
> there are "Internet-based" mechanisms that enable discussions by
individual
> members, I find:
>
> ISOC-DRC: No details given of even having a website, let alone any way
> individuals can participate online:
> http://www.alac.icann.org/africa/applications/isoc-drc.htm
>
> Morrocan Internet Society: Click on their given website and you get "page
> cannot be displayed":
> http://www.alac.icann.org/africa/applications/misoc-25nov03.htm then click
> on:
> http://www.misoc.org.ma/
>
> Anais.AC: it says there is "no website yet", let alone any way individual
> members can participate in this non-existent website:
> http://www.alac.icann.org/africa/applications/anais-27oct03.htm
>
> Sudan Internet Society: it has a website, but NO "Internet-based
mechanisms"
> where individuals can hold discussions. Moreover, in its mission
statement,
> it says it is serving "individuals, businesses, professionals, and
> organizations" - so it hardly seems to be a structure set up specifically
to
> represent Individual Users.
> http://www.alac.icann.org/africa/applications/sudan-isoc-29sep03.htm
> http://www.isoc.sd/
>
> The Arab Knowledge Management Society has no interface for online
discussion
> by individuals, and is not set up to help individuals participate in
> Internet Governance issues, but rather it is committed in the fields of
> knowledge management, technology, innovation, and corporate governance -
so
> its mission is far broader and not really about Individual Internet users
at
> all:
> http://www.apralo.org/
> http://www.akms.org/Default.aspx?&lang=en
>
> The National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association,
> based in Taiwan, has a website but its mission mentions nothing about
> Individual Internet Users and it describes its purposes as "supporting the
> government to implement NII applications and services, assist the private
> sctor with these, strengthen links between the government and private
sector
> in fields of science and technology, and collaborate with the government
to
> build a well-rounded environment for the development of the NII industry".
> Why is this structure certified as being for Individual Internet Users
> rather than non-commercial users or any other constituency?
> http://www.apralo.org/
> http://www.nii.org.tw/eng/intro_en.htm
>
> At Large @ China, setting aside the irony of a country which censors the
> Internet so heavily, claims to have a website but when you click on it, it
> does not resolve:
> http://www.alac.icann.org/asia/applications/atlargechina-09jan04.htm
> http://www.al-china.org.cn/
>
> Internet Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum: it simply says with reference to a
> website, "not applicable" so clearly it would be hard for individuals to
> participate online through their website as it does not appear to exist
> (nevertheless it was certified):
> http://www.apralo.org/
> http://www.alac.icann.org/asia/applications/isvk-04feb04.htm
>
> I could go on and on but I've spent long enough.
>
> My point:
>
> ALAC at present is a sham. It was created by ICANN to legitimise the
> expulsion of the elected At Large representatives who were kicked off the
> ICANN Board. It bars membership to Individual Users even though it is
> supposed to be for them.
>
> As demonstrated here in this mail, it appears to ignore or arbitrarily
apply
> its own verification criteria for accepting At Large Structures "into the
> club".
>
> Many of its structures appear to have no web presence, or else have no
> online mechanisms for Individual Internet User participation.
>
> As Karl says, this sham of an ICANN pretence has spectacularly failed.
>
> It fails because it is designed to "lock out" the very people it pretends
to
> represent.
>
> Yours,
> Richard Henderson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 10:39 PM
> Subject: [ga] The ALAC has a new website
>
>
> > http://icannalac.org/
> >
> > comments anyone?
> >
> >
> >
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