Re: [ALSC-Forum] Mistake in methodology ---> initial approach to self-galvanzing ALM

[Jeff Williams]

Joop and all stakeholders of interested parties,

  As you already know Joop, I have outlined some of what you are
requesting already for this new effort on this forum yesterday
and the day before.  I will be happy to yet again re-post
it if you require?   I believe that Karl A. has on a number of
occasions on this and other forums proposed a number of
very good ideas as well.  You might want to draw from
some of those comments.  I also seem to recall that
Janette has done similar such work in the ICANN-EU
list.  So there is yet another resource for you to look into.
Perhaps Jannett can collect those ideas as well and
organize them to re-post.

  I think that what is most important is getting the Registration
for members up on the ICANNATLARGE.ORG web site
as Pinder suggested yesterday as the single biggest priority
for right now.  So perhaps you should concentrate your
efforts there for the time being....

 So lets try not to go off on too many tangents of political
stuff for now and get the basics taken care of first...

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> On 07:46 22/02/02 -0500, Esther Dyson said:
>
> >Despite all the questions and lack of agreement on its precise form, the
> >ALM makes sense and is *necessary.*  Whatever the details, some form of
> >public input - both into decision-making and into the selection of some
> >subset of the board - is key to the vitality, legitimacy and
> >accountability of the organization and its (limited) authority.
>
> Here is my hand up.
> With the above, you speak for me.
> Now about the meagre "some form of public input" we may all still have a
> long way to discuss.
> For that purpuse, our website will have a threaded Forum section.
>
> I would like very much to read all individual ALSC members' opinions on how
> to make quick practical progress with organizing the At Large.
>
> These are statements for the Website.
>
> As for the rest of your message:
>
> It sounds that the on-line peasant leaders have to behave orderly and
> civilly in order to be acceptable as talking partners to the Nobility. (the
> Board and the Staff)
> Sounds pretty classical to me and not surprising at all.
>
> Until a solid members' Charter is in place and a properly elected regional
> and/or global leadership is elected, some sort of "Noblesse Oblige"
> supervision is necessary to prevent madmen, bullies, totalitarians or big
> biz from conquering this AL space.
>
> There is only one fly-in-the-soup: it looks as if big biz is heavily
> represented among the "Nobility". And big biz and bullies or brownshirts is
> a bad combination.
> The peasants must have some assurance of a commitment to ethical behaviour
> and ethical policies. Noblesse, in other words.
>
> I would like to hear Karl A.'s and Carl B.'s thoughts on that.
>
> For the "Statements" section of the website.
>
> I will publish serious Statements from anyone who envisages him/herself to
> serve in a leadership role in building the AL as an organization.
>
> --Joop

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