[EURO-Discuss] Comment on Stakeholder Charters by Cheryl Langdon-Orr ALAC Chair 2007-2009

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Bill:

You will find all statements of the ALAC on this subject (as well as all 
other matters where statements have been made) on 
http://www.atlarge.icann.org under correspondence.


William Drake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a member of both the NCUC and Euralo/ALAC environments, I must say 
> I was a little puzzled by this statement in the public comment period 
> on the NCSG charter.  
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00067.html
>
> The statement begins by noting that "This is not a formal or ratified 
> statement or comment per se but rather a synopsis of those previously 
> provided in various fora to date" (lots of writing like that, a bit 
> hard to read, but whatever...).  I don't recall the previous 
> discussions on Euralo or other ALAC-related lists that are being 
> synopsized in which people endorsed a narrowly constituency-based 
> model for the NCSG, which will result in fragmentation, 
> politicization, and ineffectiveness.  To the contrary, my 
> recollection, which is refreshed by Cheryl's comment, is that ALAC 
> people actually rejected the CP80 proposal, which embodied such a 
> model.  And yet the new SIC/staff version embodies pretty much the 
> same model, and now it is apparently ok and to be supported!
>
> I'm sure the SIC/staff will be pleased to have at least one reliable 
> expression of support for the dysfunctional model that has been 
> rejected by hundreds of individuals and organizations over two public 
> comment periods.  
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters and 
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters.  And of course, 
> everyone's entitled to their own opinion and bits of self-aggrandizing 
> historical revisionism.  What I'm unable to figure out is whether that 
> opinion is widely shared among the people whose views purportedly are 
> being synopsized, and when and where this support was expressed.  Did 
> I just miss the memo?  Can anyone explain?
>
> Would be really interested to hear from Adam, Patrick, Sebastian and 
> others who are more well attuned to the internal dynamics of ALAC 
> discourse and decision making....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
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> William J. Drake
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> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute of International and
>   Development Studies
> Geneva, Switzerland
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