[LAC-Discuss] [Fwd: [NA-Discuss] ALAC Review Draft is published]

[Carlton Samuels]

Dear Jacqueline:
Many thanks for this.  Don't know if you noticed but here's an interesting
recommendation: "That the ALAC must ensure that it is seen within ICANN as
being a valuable component of the total structure."

I wonder what mechanisms are available for that.

The review team recognized that the ALS structure is hardly 1 year old in
some places and just over that most everywhere else.  So I'm thinking it's
'loose talk' about being ineffective! All without multilingual support for
most of the period of our existence!  And with content appropriately
formatted and configured for consumption by regular Internet users!

I note with some irony the team's approach in asking the central question
"is there sufficient interest, among the 1.4 billion individual users of the
Internet, for them to participate to any significant degree in the
specialized technical role of ICANN?"

Because if one were to attempt to answer that question, even the most casual
observer would have to conclude ICANN has hardly done enough to date to
signify a positive answer.

Carlton
 
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FYI
from the NARALO list... (Of course it isn't yet translated...)
Jacqueline
>
> Summary of recommendations:
>
http://icann.org/reviews/alac/alac-draft-summary-recommendations-13jun08.pdf
>
> Full report:
>
http://icann.org/reviews/alac/alac-independent-review-final-draft-13jun08.pd
f
>
> Highlights:
>
>     * Create two new ALAC positions, appointed by the Nominating
>       Committee, both from Asia, to reflect that region's increased
>       proportion of global Internet users
>     * No other structural changes to ALAC composition
>     * Give the existing structure a chance to work, but review the
>       effectiveness of the RALO/ALS structure at the next ALAC review
>     * Status quo regarding Board representation -- liaison with no vote
>     * ALAC should establish an annual Statement of Intent as well as
>       Strategic and Operational Plans
>     * Increase in dedicated staff to one person per region
>     * Increase the public comment period to allow ALAC more time to
>       adequately respond to issues
>     * More effective use of web-based tools to increase user
>       participation; specifically, preference of wikis over mailing lists
>     * Staff control over said web-based tools
>     * Regular ALS compliance reviews
>
>   



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