Re: [ALSC-Forum] ICANN Announcement - At-Large List Names Sought; ALSC Forum ...

[William S. Lovell]

James Love wrote:
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> What do you and the rest of the ICANN staff mean by "at large structures."
> Is this the ICANN way of saying it will do the Lynn plan, where you don't
> recognize any single structure to formally represent the public, but you
> have these consultations with various groups, that have zero votes on
> anything?   I note that the Lynn plan doesn't have much of a role for users
> or the public in general other than to have some PR staff person talk to
> them.
>
> Jamie
>   
That's the way I've interpreted it as well.  The money Esther Dyson speaks
of goes
to ICANN, to be spent as it sees fit, and I've earlier characterized that
Announcement
thing as "divide and conquer."  It's typical ICANN chicanery.
  
Bill Lovell
  
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> --------------------from the Lynn proposal------
>
> 2.  Manager of Public Participation
>   a) Responsible for managing the public comment and participation process
> for ICANN on all substantive matters. Will solicit, receive and report to
> the Board on all public input on matters put out for public comment.
>
>   b) Responsible for managing all ICANN public forums, public e-mail list,
> etc. Provided necessary electronic access to publicize findings and
> recommendations, all of which will be available to the public.
>
>   c) Provided with support staff and other resources necessary to carry out
> responsibilities effectively
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denise Michel ALSC" <dmichel@atlargestudy.org>
> To: <forum@atlargestudy.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 0
> 2, 2002 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [ALSC-Forum] ICANN Announcement - At-Large List Names Sought;
> ALSC Forum ...
>
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> > > Ok.  As someone who was just elected for a 90 day panel working on this,
> > > what do you mean by "facilitate the creation of At-Large structures."?
> > > Are there some services you are able to provide efforts such as the one
> > >         
> > that
> > > I got roped into?
> > >
> > > Jamie
> > >
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> > What services is icannatlarge.com looking for?
> >
> > Currently, I'm doing outreach to identify individuals/groups worldwide
> > interested in organizing At-Large structures, looking for common
> >           
> objectives
> > and interests relevant to Internet users and ICANN's mission, and
> > establishing mechanisms for coordination and cooperation among
> > (current/future) at-large structures.
> >
> > Denise
> >
> > Denise Michel
> > dmichel@atlargestudy.org
> >
> >
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