[At-Large] Travel Funding

[Joe Baptista]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Frankly, I don't see how ALS representatives could be any more demotivated
> than they are at the moment -- they've done next to nothing for the at-large
> so far, and I fully expect the trend to continue.
>

This trend represents and continues a long well established ICANN tradition.


>
> It's no wonder that the Board ignores all the ALAC statements.
>

another long well established ICANN tradition.

regards
joe baptista


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> --- On Fri, 9/25/09, Patrick Vande Walle <patrick at vande-walle.eu> wrote:
>
> > From: Patrick Vande Walle <patrick at vande-walle.eu>
> > Subject: Re: [At-Large] Travel Funding
> > To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> > Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:12 AM
> > On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:22:21 -0700
> > (PDT), Danny Younger
> > <dannyyounger at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It's just another ho-hum moment for those
> > > non-commercial organizations that are pretending to be
> > the at-large in
> > > exchange for travel funding to ICANN sessions.
> >
> > Oh yes. We are tourists. We have heard that a zillion times
> > before.
> > Be aware though that ALSes do not travel regularly on ICANN
> > budget. And
> > when they do, they work from 7am to 8pm pro bono. Like ALAC
> > members and
> > RALO chairs BTW. We even have ALSes travelling on their own
> > budget.
> >
> > > Have we seen any notices posted at the local level
> > about the upcoming
> > > at-Large director appointment?  Of course
> > not.  ALS representatives
> > can't
> > > be bothered to inform their own local communities.
> >
> > Do you have any evidence of that ? Did you check each ALSes
> > mailing lists,
> > evetn the closed ones, attend their local meetings, etc ?
> >
> > > The whole process is a sham and always has been.
> >
> > We know your opinion, Danny. You have voiced it time and
> > time again.
> > Can we now use these volunteers' time and bandwidth for
> > something more
> > useful than bashing and demotivating them ?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
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