[NA-Discuss] limericks website

[Michael Maranda]

Is the constraint a matter of whether ICANN is paying for it?

On 7/3/07, Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg at web.de> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Before we (the ALAC) handed in the proposal to hire Jean for running the
> webtool and feeding in texts from ALAC members on our website - we were
> told, that if she would not do any work on content but just facilitating
> ALAC/RALO members, there would be no problem in principle to hire someone.
> After we handed in our proposal, we were told that as soon as someone
> working on our website is paid by ICANN (even if the work is not on
> content) any text this person is feeding in - even if it is written by
> ALAC/RALO members - this text would have to go through a process of
> control by ICANN lawyers.
>
> This was the last of the two contradicting informations we received.
>
> I expected to discuss the issue of running our independent website in
> San Juan at some point but it did not work out, so we have to do that
> online.
>
> best
> annette
>
>
> Jean Armour Polly schrieb:
> > Hi, I'm on the list so I'm following things.
> > It would be interesting to know if the limericks (which I read over at
> > Facebook!) would even be allowed on the official ALAC site.
> > I have to wonder if all the ALS's and the RALOs even know that there
> > is a place for them on icannalac.org. The idea that ALAC originally
> > had was to create a space unfettered by ICANN legal staff that had to
> > vet everything going on the official ALAC site. The independent
> > icannalac site was paid for by At Large. It uses the content
> > management system Mambo and the intent was that ALAC members would
> > take it up where I left off last Dec. When that didn't happen, ALAC
> > submitted a proposal to hire me to do what I had been doing as a
> > member of ALAC, namely, run the ALAC's ALS voting tool and run the
> > independent website. Last I knew, staff had many questions about this
> > and since it's now been over six months, that proposal is probably a
> > dead issue. I have not heard anything since I was copied on the
> > questions.
> > My husband is still under contract to do the Mambo updates and
> > technical aspects of the site, but the site hasn't had any updates
> > since last Dec. Anyone with Mambo skills and interest could take over
> > the editorial side.The idea was that each RALO and each ALS would have
> > author privileges in their own areas of the site. The word is:
> > independent.
> > thanks
> > JP
> >
> >
> >
> > At 3:08 PM +0200 7/2/07, Annette Muehlberg recently said:
> >> Hi Evan,
> >>
> >> it was great getting to know you in San Juan.
> >> Robin Gross asked about the limericks you guys made.
> >>
> >> why not send them out on the at-large list?
> >>
> >> would be great to put that on our website too. running our
> -independent-
> >> ALAC website is a real issue - which we did not solve after Jean had to
> >> leave (and there are some stories to tell why that is the case...). are
> >> you in touch with her?
> >>
> >> best
> >> annette
> >>
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