[At-Large] [ALAC-Internal] Current Nominees / Volunteers List

[Jean Armour Polly]

Hi, just an important point or two in differentiating between ALAC and NCUC.

  ALAC has an official "advisory" role to the Board, at least in name.
http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-appa-31oct02.htm#XI-2.4
NCUC does not have this same path to the Board, although of course it 
may "advise" of its own volition.

Also, the ALAC, as an official advisory body, may call for an issues 
report, which is the first step in the Policy Development Process 
(PDP). http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#AnnexA
NCUC, on its own, cannot call for an issues report.

The other main difference is that ALAC, as an advisory body, has a 
substantial budget, while NCUC does not.

My understanding was always that NCUC's membership was noncommercial 
organizations (that also could be made up of organizations.) For a 
long time ALAC voted in ALS's that were organizations made up of 
INDIVIDUAL members, not other organizations. I don't know if this 
rule is still followed or not.

I think that ALAC's performance has been disappointing. I wonder if 
it should be replaced by something that looks more like a 15 person 
Board Advisory Committee, with membership recruited by NomCom. Just a 
thought.

Jean Polly
Ex- Interim ALAC North America

At 2:09 PM -0400 11/26/07, Jacqueline A. Morris recently said:
>Really? How many of the 15?
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>that so many within ALAC see At-Large as "NCUC-Light".
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