[At-Large] ALAC Positions open for nominations 2007-2008

[Wendy Seltzer]

I read Evan's suggestions not as "discrimination" but as a request that
the At-Large leadership be accountable to the at-large public. At the
moment, the only accountability any of the Committee has is the
possibility of recall by its regional structures.  So it makes sense for
an at-large participant to ask the committee to select its executive
from among members who have that connection -- and it sounds to me like
a reasonable request.

--Wendy

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:
>>  I would like to nominate one of our newly NomCom appointed, Members
>> of ALAC,  Vanda Scartezini for one of the Vice Chair positions:-
>>
> While I am not a member of ALAC, I implore you to select, for your
> executive, from amongst the members that were sent by RALOs. They have a
> level of accountability that does not exist for the NomComm appointees,
> and by definition an understanding of the At-Large community culture
> that is likely lacking in people brought into ALAC from other
> constituencies.
> 
> The primary goal of ALAC is to represent the grassroots public interest
> to ICANN. It can do this best when its leaders come from within that
> grassroots.
> 
> In any case, how about giving some opportunities to (relative) ICANN
> newcomers? The RALO reps already come from positions of leadership in
> their respective ALSs, so there are no complete novices here.
> 
> Evan Leibovitch
> 
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