Re: [ga] Getting Heard by the ICANN Board

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are truly wanting to build a good public comment blog and recruit 
more of the public to participate, I'll be glad to help promote the blog. It 
still isn't the answer. But any step is a good step.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
http://www.blogs.pn


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Bret Fausett" <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Getting Heard by the ICANN Board


> kidsearch ha scritto:
> > How much access will you actually have Vittorio? How odften, etc.? I 
> > appreciate your offer, just want to see if you can provide more details 
> > as to what that position entails.
>
> I will have all prerogatives of Board members, fully participate in the 
> Board mailing list and meetings, and obtain access to documents and 
> information that Directors have, under similar confidentiality rules; 
> however, I do not have a vote in Board deliberations. I still have to 
> understand whether I can make motions or second them. I cannot be a member 
> of Board committees, but I have asked whether I could at least subscribe 
> to their lists.
>
> There is a provision in the Bylaws that should allow me to share 
> confidential information with members of the entity I liaise with (the 
> ALAC), under clauses established by the Board. I have asked how to enforce 
> this, and of course the reply was "you judge, better ask each and every 
> time, and in any case, if you talk too much, people might want to have 
> their private discussions somewhere else", which is a somewhat sad but 
> understandable reply.
>
> My plan, once I finish the rework of my long-abandoned personal website, 
> is to have a webpage, blog or whatever to post information and collect 
> comments, compatibly with the overall availability of time (my plan is 
> actually to leave my ALAC seat as soon as possible, so that, while 
> continuing to participate in the Committee, I can free some time and 
> mindshare to enhance my commitment to this new position, and at the same 
> time allow for some fresh blood in the ALAC - however, some people 
> misinterpreted this plan as sort of "ALAC squatting", i.e. serving on an 
> ALAC-appointed position after having ended my ALAC term, which is not what 
> it was meant to be).
> --
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