Re: [ga] The ALAC Wasteland

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Danny,
   
  Once as a young boy I fell into a cactus and got a bunch of thorns where you don't want em.  But I also knocked some of the fruit off the cactus (prickly pears), so I collected them and took them home, the fruit that is, and my sister made a great marmalade out of them.
   
  I agree that ALAC is a wasteland.  But if we organize here to activate there we can have the waste and the land.  Perhaps we can even make a difference. 
   
  Please help with the reorganization of the GA.  We can contribute. But it will take positive reactions to sometimes negative situations.
   
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Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  January 15 marked the first time in the last four
years that any accredited at-large structure (there
are 66 of them currently) ever sent in a written
public forum comment on any DNS-related topic
whatsoever. That commentary came from John Levine on
behalf of CAUCE regarding the work of the WHOIS Task
Force.

I'd like to begin by thanking John for his personal
contribution.

Now, let's put the big question on the table:

If the vast bulk of these 66 accredited At-Large
structures have had nothing to say on any DNS-related
matter at any time nor have offered any written
counsel to the Board whatsoever through any other
public channels, then what continuing purpose in the
ICANN structure do these non-contributing bodies
serve? Why do we continue to collect ALS applications
and continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars
in support of organizational policy advice that
borders on nil?

This is mismanagement taken to the extreme. Sure,
there's lots of hoopla surrounding the formation of a
RALO, but so what? Of what value are any of these
constructs if well-considered advice fails to make its
way forward to relevant Task Force groups or to the
Board?

The ALAC endeavor has been a monumental failure from
day one that clearly cannot be cured with a dollop of
additional time and more financial resources --
they've gotten enough cash and they've had more than
enough time to get their act together -- it's time to
throw in the towel on this losing proposition. 

I look at the efforts of the Intellectual Property
Lobby and note that they can rally their troops to
provide a great deal of thoughtful commentary when the
situation so demands. By contrast, the ALAC can't
generate a response (even with a $700,000 budget). It
has no leadership skills, it has no recognized
authority, and it hasn't had any buy-in from the
At-Large community.

ICANN needs to put this useless dog to sleep.






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