Re: [ALSC-Forum] Quick late comments

[Eric Dierker]

I know that me too posts are generally frowned upon.

So I will add that I believe that this post is pretty close to general feelings
and attitudes expressed by the public.

I again ask our ALSC folks to be more open and transparent.  As a very wise
philosopher once said upon rising from sleep - Today I will do better because
today I will Reach and not Teach.

Eric

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> [I sent this message on Friday to the ALSC, but not to the list - so I'm
> sending it again]
>
> I know I am late, so I didn't feel like sending a 5-page document. I only
> felt like focusing on a few points.
>
> 1) It must be made clear in the ALSC report that, in principle, any active
> and informed Internet user owns a stake in ICANN and a right to take part in
> its Board elections. Any instrument that is introduced to verify his/her
> identity and allow for practical management of the membership, such as the
> domain name ownership, is fine but must not be exclusive. Any instrument or
> procedure by any third party that meets a minimum set of requirements about
> identity verification, voting account management, and (eventual) membership
> fee collection should be accepted by ICANN. ICANN should support and welcome
> any effort to make member registration easier, for example by establishing a
> technical and operational system to accept registrations from third party
> web sites and invoice such parties for the related membership fees.
>
> 2) No clear reason has been shown for the reduction from nine to six of the
> At Large Directors' number. Anyway, IMHO even imperfect action is better
> than an endless discussion that would make the At Large cause weaker and
> weaker as time passes by. So even that reduction is fine, if promptly
> implemented, and if elections can be kept in the shortest amount of time
> (Spring or at most Summer 2002). For the same reason, an effort to
> immediately start an Interim At Large Supporting Organization should be
> made, so that when elections will happen, there will already be a group of
> people working to make the membership stronger, more informed and more aware
> of itself. I am sure that many people here would like to contribute to this.
>
> 3) The particular climate that the United States and other countries of the
> world are undergoing due to the Sep 11 events must not interfere with the
> full implementation of an international Internet governance body as ICANN
> wishes to be, based on values like democracy, globality and personal
> freedom. These same values are the ultimate and very target of those events,
> so it would be a huge mistake to stop implementation of globality and
> democracy in ICANN because of them. So the Board should keep the commitment
> to establish whatever solution it thinks feasible to have a working At Large
> membership, in a short and clear timeframe. Failure to do so would
> fundamentally undermine ICANN's right to claim its role as an international
> Internet governance body.
>
> That's all.
> Regards,
> --
> .oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo vb.
> Vittorio Bertola     <vb@vitaminic.net>    Ph. +39 011 23381220
> Vitaminic [The Music Evolution] - Vice President for Technology
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