Re: [ALSC-Forum] At-Large Organizing Committee

[Jeff Williams]

Michael and all stakeholders or interested parties,

  ROFLMAO!  That about sums up the ICANN BoD and staffs
attitude towards stakeholders/users...  Such and attitude is stark
evidence that as from the beginning, the ICANN BoD's and staff's
past and present, have for their mandated responsibilities to the
MoU and white Paper...

Micheal Sherrill wrote:

I agree with Danny Younger.  The quote, mechanism, unquote, is another word for a room that ICANN will put all of us in, give us some blank pieces of paper, some coloring crayons (no sharp pencils because we might hurt ourselves), and request that we get busy.  They will come get us if they need our input.

>
> Regards,
>
> Micheal Sherrill
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: DannyYounger@cs.com
> Date:  Wed, 8 May 2002 22:20:51 EDT
>
> At-Large Organizing Committee
>
> Purpose:  Guide and encourage bottom-up efforts to organize At-Large
> mechanisms for meaningful, informed participation in ICANN by a full range of
> Internet users as recommended in the ALSC report.
>
> Denise,
>
> You just don't "get it", do you?  You are pushing "participation" while we
> are screaming "representation".  No one wants to organize "mechanisms".  The
> ALSC recommended a "structure" for the At-Large (you called it an ALSO) and
> recommended the election of At-large directors.  You spent a long time and a
> hell of a lot of money to arrive at that consensus determination.  Are you
> prepared to turn your back on that consensus?
>
> Perhaps you can explain why you are disregarding your own conclusions on the
> consensus of the community and are instead pitching this drivel to us...

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