<p dir="ltr">On Oct 10, 2015 18:01, "parminder" <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:</p>
<p dir="ltr">> So, when you criticise the Board for not listening to you/ ALAC I am not how to square that with this status quoist statement of ALAC, which refuses to make any structural changes to the current power configuration.<br>
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> I am really even more puzzled. Will the real ALAC stand up!</p>
<p dir="ltr">First of all, let's be extremely clear. I don't for an instant claim to represent the views of anyone, I have a hard enough time representing my own. I currently have no leadership position within ALAC. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I have not been a part of the transition or accountability debates, by choice. I am of the personal opinion that not much can change, and that it doesn't matter that much anyway. So long as the root servers operate properly and the technical operations are maintained, ICANN can't do much harm that it hasn't already done. The worst damage that ICANN can inflict on end-users is already upon us, in such a way that undoing it would require nothing less than international treaty.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The fundamental model of ICANN... financially dependent on the industry it is supposed to regulate/oversee... does not appear up for review (let alone overhaul). In the absence of that, spending more than minimal effort arguing trivial transition details is a waste of volunteer resources. So I have no problem with ALAC's apparent indifference. </p>
<p dir="ltr">But, like you, I offer these views from a distance. </p>
<p dir="ltr">- Evan </p>