Re: [ga] A Fool's Paradise

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris and all,

Very much agreed.  It is long past time for this to have already been
in practice.

kidsearch wrote:

> I agree somewhat Brett, except that in 2006 having half the board be elected
> should not still be considered a "long-term" goal.
>
> Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
> http://www.articlecontentprovider.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bret Fausett" <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <GA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:36 AM
> Subject: RE: [ga] A Fool's Paradise
>
> >> An ICANN RALO -- see
> >> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-22nov06.htm
> >
> > For those of us who have been working with ICANN since its beginning in
> > 1998, we all wanted to see a strong, vital At Large membership, which
> > would
> > elect 9 of the Board's 18 seats. That was the ICANN that was supposed to
> > have been produced by the White Paper process and the ICANN called for by
> > the original ICANN Bylaws. At one point in 1999, ICANN's Board Chair even
> > testified before Congress that the election of half the Board by the
> > Internet's end users was ICANN's highest priority.
> >
> > We all know it didn't work out that way, and there are villains aplenty on
> > which to place the blame.
> >
> > But I would ask everyone not to discredit the people who came to ICANN
> > later, who know little about this history, and now are working to build
> > these RALOs and ICANN At Large Structures. This is valuable work, even if
> > it
> > falls far short of our longer term goals.
> >
> >         Bret
> >
> >
> >

Regards,

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