[lac-discuss-en] Recent LACRALO List postings

[Carlton Samuels]

Tch.  Here is a perfect example of one mistaking civility as weakness.

I have not outsourced my judgment.

The ALAC Chair's complaint and his preferred response is unfortunate.
 Disturbing as it is at a personal level, I shall make no further public
comment on its merits except to say that by his own hand, the Chair has
risked losing a moral authority to provide positive, constructive inputs as
it regards our current state of affairs.

Here's something I want known. Telling me, as if surprised, that I'm
intelligent is NOT a compliment to me. Intelligence is a default attribute
by virtue of family and an expensive and thorough liberal education.
 Furthermore, having spent a lot of living in the North, I am familiar with
the conversational codes.  And every shade of their meanings.

Here's something else. My father long ago taught me being asked to turn the
other cheek in the face of a grievous assault is itself an assault on top
of that battery.  For the person giving that advice has a wish for me to
spit teeth!

The proper response to this further assault was also advised.

Roosevelt King is certainly capable of looking out for himself. In my case, I
was libeled and my reputation sullied.

The facts provide an absolute defense. I have given notice that I shall
expose the stupidity by responding to the list.  Enough time has passed for
those involved to inform themselves and at minimum, publicly accept the
error.

I have a life and living outside of this ICANN business. My living comes
principally from knowledge works.  My reputation forms part of the value
proposition for those who become clients.  It should therefore be easy to
follow how very important it is to my existence.

In view of recent comments and allegations, we reserve and insist on the
right to protect our livelihood and respond at a time of our choosing.

- Carlton Samuels

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On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>wrote:

> This is the English Version. Spanish Version will be sent to the Spanish
> language list.
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have received complaints from members of the region about several
> recent postings on the LACRALO lists. Those postings relate to ongoing
> disagreements between several individuals relating their point of view
> regarding the running of LACRALO.
>
> I am concerned about those postings because they do not appear to be of
> help towards improving Internet user input in LACRALO and in ALAC. Quite
> the contrary, they re-iterate established positions from several
> individuals and end up turning other volunteers off from being involved.
>
> The time spent discussing these issues on the list ends up taking
> precedence over the time that members from the region could devote to
> more productive tasks such as commenting on Current Comment periods and
> other activities which were advertised on the ALAC-Announce list.
>
> Some of the postings contravene parts of Rule 22 of our ALAC Rules of
> Procedure. They are inappropriate according to:
>
> 22.9 Unprofessional commentary, regardless of the general subject,
> 22.10 Postings libelous being used to abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten
> others,
> 22.11 Postings that are, knowingly false, ad-hominem, or misrepresents
> another person,
>
> I am not going to stand accused of taking sides, nor will I contravene
> the very rules I have quoted here by pointing the finger at anyone.
> However, I will kindly ask you all, Ladies and Gentlemen, that you
> please moderate your language.
>
> We are working with ICANN staff and LACRALO leadership in order to
> continue on a dialog to improve relations, by making use of the
> neutrality and fairness of the ICANN Ombudsman who can act as a
> mediator. This mediation takes place out of this forum and has no place
> on public mailing lists.
>
> An excellent amount of work has taken place in Costa Rica and the region
> should be looking at building on this. Like every region, this takes a
> lot of time and effort. We, the At-Large community and ICANN as a whole,
> have some serious challenges coming up in the form of a threat to the
> multi-stakeholder system. We clearly have to work smarter with each other.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
>
>
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