[ALAC] [LAC-ALS] [NA-ALS] Major Milestone Coming Up

[Vittorio Bertola]

Danny Younger ha scritto:
> I don't want a powerless ALAC model that offers no
> hope of representation on the ICANN Board.  I want our
> community to have the benefit of a Supporting
> Organization model that seats its members on the ICANN
> Board... I can't imagine that you would prefer to
> remain powerless and unrepresented?

Ok, let's assume that a SO or any other instrument to increase the 
relevance and powers of the At Large inside ICANN can be a shared 
objective. In which sense the growth of the membership of our 
constituency goes against it? I'd rather say that the expansion of the 
number of ALSes increases the chances of getting increased recognition 
in the future.

If it were true that, as you say,

 > I view the ALAC/RALO/ALS construct as a monumental
 > failure that cannot be saved by the expenditure of
 > additional funding or time.

then one could wonder why ICANN should give a third or fourth try to it, 
restarting from zero on yet another model, rather than getting rid of 
the idea altogether.

In the end, one would hope that you would understand that the fact that 
you, personally, do not like this model must be compared with the fact 
that about 100 organizations from the five corners of the world find 
value in it. I respect your opinion, but it seems to me that you still 
fail to consider that other people or other cultures might have good 
reasons to have different views on this matter.

On the other hand, we definitely have to increase the ALAC's attitudes 
towards involving the ALSes more regularly and deeply into our debates. 
This new setup of global + regional mailing lists where messages flow in 
all directions, though a bit chaotic, seems to have prompted many more 
interventions by ALS representatives. I am actually wondering whether we 
should rather have one single global list to this effect, keeping 
regional lists only for strictly regional discussions.
-- 
vb.                   Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu   <--------
-------->  finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/  <--------