[ALAC] ICANN President's Globalization Advisory Groups

[Eduardo Diaz]

Evan:

Thanks for your words. Rest assure that ATLAS II is in course and moving
along thanks to the effort of LOTS of volunteers.

-ed


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> On 20 February 2014 09:50, Rinalia Abdul Rahim <
> rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>
> > Urgent work on Globalization of ICANN has just been mandated by the
> board,
> > which is timely given the increased international scrunity and pressure
> for
> > change.  The work is critical and will likely require community input.  I
> > hope there is sufficient energy left to go around (there are so many
> > initiatives running in parallel, all drawing from the same pool).
> >
>
>
> Consider:
>
>    - While the Whereas clauses talk about Globalization, the scope of the
>    groups actually mandated includes just about everything and anything.
>
>    - Membership is utterly at the CEO's discretion; it's not like we get to
>    pick people to represent us.
>
>    - We haven't even finished with the LAST batch of President's advisory
>    panels and are now authorizing the CEO to arbitrarily create -- and
>    populate -- a whole set of new ones?
>
>
> Sorry, but this is now looking more like a diversionary tactic and less of
> a real attempt at change. Given the pushback and generally hostile response
> ICANN staff have had to significant portions of the ATRT2, there is little
> to instil confidence that these are more than a massive waste of time, even
> should the groups provide valuable output.
>
> ICANN has plenty of good advice in its hands -- including much that comes
> from ALAC -- but chooses to ignore or reject what it has. Asking for more
> now has become a diversionary tactic, intended to consume valuable
> volunteer energy while encouraging the community to forget about sound
> advice already left on the floor.
>
> We should be rejecting this, or at least not wasting time on it, until the
> ATRT feedback is properly and thoughtfully implemented. In any case, since
> we have no say over the number of groups or their composition, there's not
> much for us to do here unless someone wants to lobby for membership.
>
> As far as special implications for ATLAS II, I see none. The best we can do
> is to continue to mobilize the At-Large Community of ICANN, as we have
> already been doing, to advocate measures designed to protect and advance
> the Global Public Interest. Such measures are for the benefit of the Board,
> the CEO, the staff, and the rest of ICANN ... including any of the new
> committees-of-the-month under consideration.
>
> In other words, Eduardo ... IMO, stay the course already set. Don't be
> distracted. The Summit already has more than enough to squeeze into the
> allotted time.
>
> - Evan
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