[ALAC] Rules of Procedure - Draft for discussion at 26 March ALAC meeting

[Avri Doria]

On 27 Mar 2013, at 10:49, Carlton Samuels wrote:

> Avri:
> If your argument is that a voting event has a history of high participation then no contest. For in my region our fellas turn out to vote.  So to your own objective of 'direct' suffrage for Board directorship its a perfect solution. 
> 
> However, when you offer the abstraction that voting is in itself evidence of ALS enthusiasm for the ICANN policy development enterprise,  that would be a stretch bordering on the giddy.

Not my point.  

My point is that voting is an essential ingredient to large scale enthusiasm and participation.  
It is necessary, but not sufficient.

>  For after several rounds of voting events to choose our own leaders, the evidence of sustained enthusiasm for the follow-on nitty gritty policy work you more than most immerse yourself into is against you.  And I have 6 years of evidence for which there is no successful contradiction.
> 
> Why don't representatives show up and participate?  The plain answer is always the best one; they're not interested.  I start from some facts.....and a philosophical posture.   I abhor this default position of patronage so I will not patronize. To my certain knowledge there is not a single mouth breather or half wit among ALS representatives; all are likely in the top 2% of of their educated populations.  They are yet sentient beings. They know where they can keep track of what's happening. They know when something comes up that would interest and attract their active intervention.  They are aware of the several intervention models; telecons, lists, WGs etc. etc. The only rational explanation of non-involvement left open to me is labeled 'no interest'. 
> 

I am not one of the ALAS representive, so I cannot speak for their interest level. Or the reasons.

One of the things I know as an ALS member of 2 ALS, is we see precious little of ICANN.  If I was only an ALS member, I might not know ICANN existed to be interested in. (i would put this in the fact category)

So in addition to what I see as a necessary ingredient - needing to vote.  Another necessary ingredient is keeping them informed and using that as the hook to get them interested. (i would put  this in the we haven't tried it so I hope it will work category).

Are these two sufficient, who knows.  But I have little doubt that they are necessary.

avri



> I stand to be corrected on the facts.
> 
> - Carlton