[lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] Director White Paper - Request for Comments

Tue Jan 12 05:53:26 CST 2010

A lot of work has gone into this document but I could not get through even the executive summary which is impenetrable due to an exceptionally deep sprinkling of acronyms. It is obvious that there is a hardening of the veins of who is involved at ICANN and where these terms are presumably obvious. 

Some are clearly new even to the authors as they do get explained in the text. But the bulk are left to the Glossary (which is excellent). But a Glossary is a poor excuse for an over exuberance of new building of stuffing in ICANN over recent years whose purposes is not clear nor unambiguous. 

One important role At LARGE should have is to keep policies over unique Internet resources accessible to users. This means pruning the profusion of committees, structures, boards and complexity of interactions and politics between them across ICANN by demanding that only entities that have a clear unambiguous and practical role following the Internet model are continued and all such activities have a limited lifespan. 

I am very worried by the way users are increasingly isolated by the growing over complexity in structure, language and difficulty to judge relevance and usefulness. How are users who have deep stake in the ultimate outcomes at ICANN to get meaningfully involved when they can spend only a small amount of time and  resource on keeping 'au fait'? 

At Large must focus on keeping ICANN down to size and can start doing this on itself. 

Christian 

On 12 Jan 2010, at 02:53, At Large Staff wrote:

> * La version française est ci-dessous 
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> *La versión española está abajo
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> Dear All, 
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> 
> 
> At its 22 December 2009 teleconference, the ALAC charged a small group with
> the task of creating an initial white paper on the proposed process for the
> selection of an ICANN At-Large Board Member to be distributed for
> wide-spread comment early in January 2010. 
> 
> 
> 
> Please find attached a copy of the Director White Paper in EN and FR for
> review. The Spanish document will be available in the next few days. 
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> 
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> The Director White Paper is also available for comment on wiki pages. The
> ‘portal page’ is available at: 
> 
> https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper. 
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> 
> All members of the At-Large community are encouraged to comment on the
> Director White Paper prior to the next Community Call on the At-Large
> Selection Process to be scheduled between 27-29 January 2010 (a Doodle will
> be sent shortly).
> 
> 
> 
> Comments will be accepted in any of the six UN languages. Please make your
> comments directly on the wiki page using the "comment" button.
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> It is additionally requested that At-Large community members forward this
> message to other relevant lists to distribute the call for comments on the
> Director White Paper as widely as possible. 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
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> 
> **
> 
> Cher tous, 
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> 
> À sa téléconférence du 22 décembre 2009, l'ALAC a chargé un petit groupe de
> la tâche de créer un premier livre blanc sur le procédé proposé pour le
> choix d'un membre du conseil At-Large d'ICANN à distribuer pour le
> commentaire répandu tôt en janvier 2010. 
> 
> 
> 
> Veuillez trouver ci-joint une copie du directeur livre blanc en en et franc
> pour la revue.  Le document espagnol sera disponible en prochains jours. 
> 
> 
> 
> Le directeur livre blanc est également disponible pour le commentaire aux
> pages de wiki. Le page portique de `est disponible à :
> https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper. 
> 
> 
> 
> Tous les membres de la communauté At-Large sont encouragés à présenter leurs
> observations sur le directeur livre blanc avant le prochain faire appel de
> la Communauté au processus de sélection At-Large à programmer entre les
> 27-29 janvier 2010 (un Doodle sera envoyé sous peu). 
> 
> 
> 
> Des commentaires seront acceptés dans des six langues l'unes des de l'ONU.
> Veuillez formuler vos commentaires directement sur la page de wiki utilisant
> le " ; comment" ; bouton. 
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> 
> 
> On lui demande en plus que membre de la Communauté At-Large font suivre à ce
> message d'autres listes appropriées pour distribuer l'appel pour des
> commentaires sur le directeur livre blanc aussi largement comme possible. 
> 
> 
> 
> Cordialment,
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> 
> **
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> Estimado todos, 
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> En su teleconferencia del 22 de diciembre de 2009, el ALAC encargó a un
> pequeño grupo de la tarea de crear un Libro Blanco inicial en el proceso
> propuesto para la selección de un miembro del Consejo At-Large de ICANN que
> se distribuirá para el comentario extenso temprano en enero de 2010. 
> 
> 
> 
> Encuentre por favor ató una copia del director Libro Blanco en el EN y el
> franco para la revisión. El documento español estará disponible en los
> próximos días. 
> 
> 
> 
> El director Libro Blanco está también disponible para el comentario en las
> páginas del wiki. El page porta del `está disponible en:
> https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper. 
> 
> 
> 
> Animan a todos los miembros de la comunidad At-Large a comentar respecto al
> director Libro Blanco antes de la llamada siguiente de la comunidad en el
> proceso de selección At-Large que se programará entre el 27-29 de enero de
> 2010 (un Doodle será enviado pronto). 
> 
> 
> 
> Los comentarios serán aceptados en seis idiomas unas de los de la O.N.U.
> Haga por favor sus comentarios directamente en la página del wiki usando el
> " comment" botón. 
> 
> 
> 
> Se pide además que los miembros de la Comunidad At-Large transmiten a este
> mensaje otras listas relevantes para distribuir la llamada para los
> comentarios sobre el director Libro Blanco tan extensamente como sea
> posible. 
> 
> 
> 
> Respetos,
> 
> 
> 
> Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon,
> Kristina Nordström
> ICANN At-Large Staff
> 
> email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org
> website: www.atlarge.icann.org
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