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<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Folks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>This discussion
seems more and more a piece of the theater of the absurd.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, if I understand
correctly, we have spent months in discussing rules, we thought that we were
done, but the ink is not yet dry and we want already take actions that disregard
the treaty just signed. "White man speaks with forked tongue", comes immediately
to my mind.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, leaving this
absurdity aside for a moment, there were some more substantial contributions
that I would like to comment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wolfgang
wrote:<BR>> In last years NomCom we picked Jon Bing from the Oslo <BR>>
Internet Institute as a person who never attended ICANN <BR>> meetings but
with a big potential to bring fesh ideeas to the <BR>> GNSO. Ask Bruce Tomkin
what he thinks now after one year of <BR>> Jons contirbutions. His
interventions and actions are <BR>> excellent. If only "CANN experience"wuld
have been counted he <BR>> never woould hzave been selected by NomCm and the
ICANn <BR>> community would have lost a very potential contributor.
<BR>Absolutely correct.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, it is the
role of the NomCom to bring in new people, broadening the search beyond the
traditional ICANN environment. The NomCom has nominated to the Name Council
somebody without ICANN experience, but I would be extremely surprised if the
constituencies would elect somebody of the same type. Quite the contrary, you
will found that the people that the constituencies send to NomCom are very
experienced, and also very active on ICANN-related issues.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, while it would
have been very appropriate for NomCom to select new people with high potential
like Veronica (instead, they nominated Annette), it is not clear to me why the
European ALSes should, or would, elect somebody unknown to
most.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>In this respect, I
would like to make another comment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do not have any
doubt that Veronica could pick up rapidly and be effective. But if I were a
voting member, which luckily I am not, I would be extremely puzzled to vote for
somebody that I don't know which positions will take in the ALAC. I would wonder
also what kind of guarantee of participation will I get from somebody who has
sent to the EURALO mailing lists just one message, namely the acceptance of the
candidature. You might admit that this does not show
commitment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another thing that I
don't understand is the following.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>The terms of the
ALAC representatives are staggered. This means that one person will be elected
for one year, the other one for two years (please correct me if I am wrong).
What is wrong in having the two more experienced members in the initial phase,
and give Veronica one year of time, maybe as part of the Board (where there's no
constraint on ALS membership), to understand the issues and the environment, and
to participate? Then next year the decision will be based on real understanding
of what the positions of the candidate are, rather than an act of faith on the
person, or nationality on the passport.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can somebody explain
to me why to elect a candidate who has not yet expressed position on any of the
issues that ALAC is debating has become so important that we are ready
even to disregard our recently signed bylaws? Is the need to have right now, and
not in a year, somebody from Eastern Europe so important that it takes priority
over other considerations?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't
understand.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>And when I don't
understand, my paranoia makes me suspicious.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=933012517-30042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Roberto</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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