[At-Large] [ALAC-Internal] [Fwd: Re: Draft agenda and planning for EURALO¹s 1st General Assembly in Paris]

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

Hi Jeanette
Given the cultural differences between regions, the decision on 
membership etc was left up to the individual regions to determine when 
they were forming. NARALO very strongly wanted individual membership, 
some of the other regions equally storngly felt that they wanted only 
group membership, and hence one must be part of a member group. Of 
course, this is open to change by the GAs of the regions - but I don't 
think that any mindset will change soon.
However, ther has been some  discussion about forming a 6th RALO - a 
global one for individual users. This idea hasn't gained much traction 
as far as I remember, though.
Jacqueline
Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> Hi, thank you for the explanation. What still amazes me though is that 
> the At Large Membership doesn't provide "a home" for individual Internet 
> users. No doubt, they are affected by ICANN's policies but they have no 
> direct means to articulate their interests and concerns, unless they 
> join an ALS, of course. Now doubt also, individual users form a large 
> group out there on the net.
> Do you all regard this as a blind spot of ICANN structures and 
> processes? Do you think things will stay like this or do you expect them 
> to change some time in the future?
> Thanks, jeanette
>
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>   
>>> What needs clarification across the RALOs is whether or not board  members have to be ALS members in order to qualify for travel support to  participate in RALO meetings. This is why forward the subsequent  exchange we had with Nick about this issue.
>>>   
>>>       
>> To clarify:,
>>
>> Within NARALO we solved this by allowing individual members, and
>> enabling a pseudo-ALS for for them. That is, for the purposes of formal
>> representation in the GA, the individual members of NARALO collectively
>> have the status of one ALS and as such may select representatives for
>> voting (or potentially travel). They can also stand for election for the
>> Chair or Secretariat or ALAC rep.
>>
>> We explicitly rejected the notion that an individual member must have
>> the exact same status as a representative of a membership organization
>> that has gone through the ALAC due diligence process. The intent, if I
>> recall, was that active individual participants should be encouraged to
>> get involved with like-minded larger groups that would then become ALSs.
>> This would in turn increase participation beyond the individuals, which
>> is a prime goal of the RALO/ALS process.
>>
>> This approach did not please _everyone_, but we believed it struck a
>> reasonable balance between ICANN goals and the awareness that not
>> everyone who was interested in At-Large was part of an ALS. So far I
>> believe this balance has worked well.
>>
>> - Evan
>>
>>     
>
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