Re: [ALSC-Forum] Another Membership Study - Berkman Center Representation in Cyberspace Study (and MAC)

[Jeff Williams]

Brett, Hans and all interested stakeholders,

  Both of your remarks and observations are noteworthy, to be sure.
It is now, and has been for some time now that this ICANN BoD, or
at least the "Boardsquatters" have no compunction about changing the
rules in mid stream so as to insure a specific ideological slant.  It is, and
has been for some time now no secret that this ICANN BoD or at least
the "Boardsquatters"  have no compunction to ignore the White Paper
and the MoU on a whim or without much concern at least.  As such,
it is obvious that this ICANN BoD is not interested in stakeholder
decision making through a representation process/election of
an equal number of @large elected BoD members.

Bret Fausett wrote:

> On Sun, 20 May 2001, Hans Klein wrote:
> > I find it worrisome that the ALMSC meeting of May did consider the question
> > of fundamentally revising the At Large structure.  For example, one point
> > raised was, "Should At-Large Members elect Directors to the ICANN Board?"
> > See: http://www.atlargestudy.org/MtgSummaryMay5-6NY.shtml
> >
> > I don't understand how such a question could even be addressed, since it
> > goes against the foundational agreements of ICANN.
>
> And it's especially wrong to ask the question now, when only five of the
> nine At Large members have been elected. If the Board as properly
> constituted -- 9 elected from the At Large and 9 elected from the SOs --
> wants to reconsider its organization, so be it. But to revise the
> representation structure before some Directors have even been elected smacks
> of capture by those elected first.
>
> Let's implement what was originally designed before we try to fix it.
>
>        -- Bret

Regards,

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