[lac-discuss-en] An Alternative to the EMM model proposed in the At-Large Review

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Thanks for the birthday wishes, Humberto!

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Humberto Carrasco <hcarrascob at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Happy birthday Dev!!!
>
> Thanks a lot for this email. I recommend to use google translator to
> understand quickly the core of Dev's message.
>
> Regards
>
> Enviado desde mi iPhone
>
> El 06-02-2017, a las 04:26, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
> I sent this in December last year to the LACRALO members of the At-Large
> Review Party. It outlines an alternative to the proposed EMM model in the
> At-Large Review.
>
> Dev Anand
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 5:19 PM
> Subject: Response to the draft At-Large Review document - please consider
> and forward to the ITEMS or discuss in the At-Large review call
> To: Fatima Cambronero <fatimacambronero at gmail.com>, Alberto Soto <
> asoto at ibero-americano.org>, Aida Noblia <aidanoblia at gmail.com>, Carlton
> Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>, Vanda UOL <vanda at uol.com.br>, Holly
> Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> Since time is short, I want to focus on the proposed EMM in the draft
> At-Large Review.
>
> My thoughts - The proposed EMM has flaws. Some immediate ones :
> - it destroys the community and with that, the consensus building of
> community with replacement
> of individuals with even less ties to the public community. Such
> individuals will promote and collude with other individuals to keep
> themselves in the loop. Also, with many of the policy discussions in GNSO
> being English, this permanently eliminates persons from developing/emerging
> economies from non-English from ever participating.
> - given that any individual could already participate in GNSO, we would be
> no different from such random individuals
> - it removes the mandate on oversight and accountability on ICANN
> activities from end user interests
> - a thousand individuals in one large country will override 10 individuals
> from a small country  so there will be less diversity in the EMM model only
> from those countries with large number of  individuals.
> - Nomcom appointees to ALAC new to ICANN will serve as Liasions to other
> groups is not sensible
>
> There are many more problems but I want to focus on a IMO a better
> At-Large model than the EMM one:
>
> - ICANN establishes At-Large Chapters in each country similiar in concept
> to Rotary or ISOC chapters.
> - each chapter is open to anyone interested in ICANN from the interests of
> end users.
> - ICANN can set guidelines for each chapter - some examples: must do
> certain level of outreach, have term limits, have a public F2F awareness
> meeting to recruit new persons. ICANN would need to provide some funding to
> make this happen but this would be small and the chapters can account to
> ICANN for expenses.
> - ICANN can provide the tools (mailing lists, conference tools) to
> facilitate online discussions.
> - Because there is a consistent brand - At-Large Chapter in the country,
> marketing/promoting is
> greatly simplified and easier to explain.
> - Given that such chapters are virtual, it makes chapters easy to
> establish with only a few individuals from a country without the challenges
> of having formal organisations with bylaws and pay taxes.
>
> So an At-Large chapter ends up being a virtual ALS in each country in the
> ALAC/RALO/ALS model.
>
> The RALOs will consist of the chapters from each country in the region
> with each chapter electing two persons to coordinate the RALO work. The
> RALO will be better positioned to better fulfil its MOUs with ICANN and the
> RALO and ALAC would not have to bother with analysing whether an
> organisation meets the criteria of an ALS.
>
> The At-Large chapters will be better able to network with At-Large
> chapters in other countries and build consensus on policy issues and help
> promote and grow the At-Large Community.
>
> Dev Anand
>
>
>
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