[ALAC] And part 2

[Beau Brendler]

The board rejected their power grab. That's gotta hurt.
Wish they weren't using the tried-and-true methods totalitarian governments use to quash free speech, though, to make their case. Ironic.
I got lots of other things I'd rather be doing, believe me. Good luck to the next NCUC/NCSG liaison.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org>
>Sent: Aug 25, 2009 10:51 AM
>To: Beau Brendler <beaubrendler at earthlink.net>
>Cc: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>, ALAC Working List <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>Subject: Re: [ALAC] And part 2
>
>Beau Brendler wrote:
>> Here's some more haranguing, including a public posting by the former chairman of the NCUC, Milton Mueller, which details his perceptions of my failings in the job of NCUC liaison.
>>
>> And we wonder why we are having trouble getting volunteers?
>>   
>Some of the grievances of NCUC may be legitimate, but the depth of
>bitterness, paranoia and personal attack shown in the exchange is
>inexcusable. Even if they had a point it was lost amidst the, er, unique
>style of debate.
>
>This a really unhelpful distraction. We have a massively complex gTLD
>infrastructure coming up rapidly, registrar and registry practices to
>monitor, intense pressure by the trademark lobby to inflict major
>mission-creep, increased threats to Internet user security and privacy
>.... and this crap.
>
>I find it unfortunate that the unprecedented level of civil society
>mobilization recently undertaken by NCUC comes not a a result of any
>policy-driven  initiative, but rather as a result of an internal power
>struggle. What a waste.
>
>- Evan