Re: [ALSC-Forum] A query

[Jeff Williams]

Bruce and all stakeholders or interested parties,

  As you know Bruce, this forum is supposedly graciously provided
by the ICANN BoD and staff as a forum for the ALSC to gather
information are concerns, considerations or otherwise methods
for the Re-creation of the At-Large for ICANN mandated by
the DOC.

  As you amy also know Bruce, this is at least the 5th iteration or
"Study" for At-large membership in ICANN that has been conducted.
The results after the first one were predictable, "NO At-Large"...

  I amongst most of our members share in your concerns you nicely
outline below to one degree or another.  As a fellow retired military
man, you and I amongst a few of our members share in a level of
honor, respect, and consideration for others that many life long
civilian's don't.  We care, and have put our very lives on the line
to prove it.  However, we also recognize that many people
involved in the questionably legitimate ICANN BoD and staff
activities and/or duties have a lower bar of respect for their
fellow man/woman.

Bruce Young wrote:

> As far as I can tell, the actual ALSC is is private club.  This forum
> (although I don't think it was intended for this purpose by ICANN!) has
> emerged as the only voice the members of the At-Large community have to air
> our concerns about the anti-democratic activities of the ICANN board to
> date, and our thoughts about how the At-Large should be supported within
> ICANN, hoping that something will come of it.  But so far, the only agendas
> being served appear to be those of the sitting board members, who, as best
> we can tell, are attempting to shanghai control of the INternet on behalf of
> large corporate interests.  Many of us in this forum find this behavior
> unacceptable (to say the least!), and have so far been frustrated in our
> attempts to get the press to recognize this as an issue of Internet users'
> attempt to exercise their self-determination rights over a public resource
> that we all will increasingly rely on in the future for communication,
> education, entertainment and commerce (and many of us funded the creation of
> with our tax dollars!); versus powerful corporate interests trying to wrest
> total control of it in the name of profit.
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
> byoung651@home.com
> http://members.home.net/byoung651/index.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-forum@www.atlargestudy.org
> [mailto:owner-forum@www.atlargestudy.org]On Behalf Of Chirag Patnaik
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:22 AM
> To: ALSC Forum
> Subject: [ALSC-Forum] A query
>
> How does one sign up to the ALSC, or is participatin in this forum
> sufficient?
>
> Chirag
>
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Regards,

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