[At-Large] Comments on GNSO improvements

[Brendler, Beau]

Roberto --

Thanks, I am aware of who the current and past liaisons and officers are.

Thank you also for reminding us that you speak for yourself.

Regards,

Beau Brendler


-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto Gaetano [mailto:roberto at icann.org]
Sent: Thu 4/10/2008 6:03 PM
To: Brendler, Beau; 'Alan Greenberg'; 'Wendy Seltzer'; 'At-Large writ small'
Subject: RE: [At-Large] Comments on GNSO improvements
 
Beau,

> 
> Please know that neither I nor the organization I represent 
> considers this particular point to be flexible or negotiable. 
> I do not presume to speak for other consumer organizations 
> but my guess is that most would not consider it negotiable 
> either. To the degree you are supposed to represent the 
> interests of ALAC, in my opinion, you do not represent it here.

I thought I made it clear that I was speaking for myself, not pretending to represent anybody else. And actually I would like to point out that, although I have worked for years in the ALAC, I am no longer the ALAC Liaison: this role has been taken over first by Vittorio, and now by Wendy.
To be honest, I believe that in a large majority of the cases my positions are aligned with the ones of ALAC, and I am glad if I can help on some issues during the Board discussions, like pushing for an ALAC Summit, but I would not respect the mandate I have as NomCom appointee, which is to be independent from the different constituencies, if I had the obligation to represent 100% of the position of a specific group.

Best regards,
Roberto