Re: [ga] Exclusion of Individuals from ALAC

[sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Richard,

I think you ought to post this information every week in perpetuity such
that the record remains fresh for all prospective browsers of the archive
to view.  After all, we don't want any further misunderstandings or
misrepresentations of what has taken place.

Be Well,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos


> I remain perplexed by the paradox that ALAC was "invented" by ICANN to
> "represent individuals".
>
> But individuals are specifically excluded from membership or voting in
> ALAC.
>
> Even Vittorio Bertola is on record as preferring individuals to vote
> rather than organisations:
>
> http://www.atlargestudy.org/forum_archive/msg03404.shtml
>
> "You would have tons of non-existing organisations..."
>
> "The answer is that organisations should bring individuals, and then the
> individuals should vote..."
>
> "If the organisation actually has individuals, then it will be able to ask
> them to vote..."
>
> Jamie Love replied:
> http://www.atlargestudy.org/forum_archive/msg03405.shtml
>
> "Yes I was also thinking the organisations would not vote in the @ large
> but its members would..."
>
> So what happened, Vittorio? Why isn't ALAC made up of individuals?
>
> The 2000 At Large election attracted 143,806 initial registrations and
> 76,183 validated registrations.
>
> It attracted 34,035 voters.
>
> Carl Bildt's At Large Study canvassed wide opinion and advice.
>
> Its ALSC list had 5984 participations. 2147 people submitted detailed
> survey responses.
>
> There was clear support for the ALSC's recommendation of individuals
> electing 6 At Large directors.
>
> Why were the recommendations of Carl Bildt's At Large Study so
> catastrophically ignored?
>
> Why have individuals been excluded from the process?
>
> Answer:
>
> ICANN with the help of their employee Denise Michel created a fake "At
> Large".
>
> Carl Bildt - a statesman of huge integrity and standing - recommended 6 At
> Large Directors.
>
> How many At Large Directors are there on the ICANN Board now?
>
> None.
>
> So how can ICANN say that individual internet users are represented at
> ICANN?
>
> Individuals have no say whatsoever over who represents them.
>
> The At Large is closed to them.
>
> ICANN is closed to individuals.
>
> Yrs,
>
> Richard Henderson
>