[At-Large] Can individuals participate as equal members of RALOs?

[Izumi AIZU]

Wendy,

I have the similar question right after finalizing the MoU/OP for AP RALO.
At this point, APRALO does not have any official way to accommodate
individual participation in the election of officers or voting for
RALO business.
However, we had "observers" in our meeting in Bali and we agreed that
all of our meetings will be "open" in principle.  We at AP RALO also
agreed to make as much decisions by consensus as possible which,
in a way, could open more participation from those individuals.

I was thinking to make some "special ALS" per each region where
any unaffiliated individual could join and participate in RALO's business
as equal to one member of ALS (not single-handed rep, but collectively
with other individuals).

best,

izumi

2007/3/5, Wendy Seltzer <wendy at seltzer.com>:
> A question: For each region that is constructing or has constructed a
> RALO, can unaffiliated individuals participate on an equal footing with
> ALS-affiliated individuals?
>
> I'm concerned that the layering of structures not disenfranchise
> individuals even further than they already are, but rather attempt to
> provide them with more channels for direct input into ICANN.
>
> Can people in other regions help me to answer the factual question
> whether this is happening?  My understanding of LACRALO is that
> individuals can participate only partially, not serve as officers or
> vote on RALO business.
>
> Thanks,
> --Wendy
> --
> Wendy Seltzer -- wendy at seltzer.org
> Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
> http://www.chillingeffects.org/
>
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