Re: [ALSC-Forum] Benefits and goals of At-Large involvement

[Jeff Williams]

Bruce and all,

Bruce Young wrote:

>    Reply to Khyron:
>
> >I agree, but we need to make a concerted campaign to establish this
> body's
> legitimacy within the public arena.
> >Currently only within the "tech circle" do they understand what
> influence
> ICANN has.
>
> Yes.  That is the real challenge.  Unfortunately, it requires
> involving the
> aid of the mainstream press, who often take the position that this
> issue is
> too technical for the general populous to understand, and therefore
> "can't
> sell the story."

  It is past time to get busy isn't it than?  So get busy Bruce.  Do you
have any
mainstream press contacts?  I do.  Many have already been critical of
this ongoing situation with ICANN.  If you need some mainstream press
contacts, let me know in a private post.

>  Somehow, we have to convince them that this is too
> important to ignore, and that part of their mandate is to provide
> enough
> background to understand what's at stake.

  This is not a big problem.

>
>
> > I agree also that we need to have the @large members with a larger
> voice
> within the BoD.  >The question is what ratio it should be to the BoD.
>
> The original agreement was that half of the board members would be
> elected
> by the @Large community.  The board needs to stick to that agreement.
> Anything less is a slap in the face of everyone who has devoted time
> and
> effort to the @Large effort.  And anything less would continue to
> perpetuate
> the current autocratic regieme, and their lack of evenhandedness will
> eventually doom the body's effectiveness.

  Well the current ICANN BoD has already lot a number of the ccTLD
operators and their registrants.

>
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
> byoung651@home.com
> http://members.home.net/byoung651/index.html
>
>
>

Regards,

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