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

[Esther Dyson]

I'm sorry, but I don't think there should be forbidden questions.  Our job 
is to consider the arguments, and the justifications.  The answer to a 
question may be in part: "You can't change this," but it's still worthwhile 
to consider the question and the justification for the answers.

Esther Dyson


At 17:01 21.05.01 -0700, 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



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