[NA-Discuss] [At-Large] ALAC Draft Accountability Framework andConflicts of Interest Policy

[Danny Younger]

Re:  "How can we punish or even expect anything at all
out of ALSs that haven't been educated?"

When these organizations signed up they agreed to 
(1) distribute information on ICANN activities and
issues, 
(2) enable discussions among their members on the
issues; and
(3) involve their members in relevant ICANN policy
development, discussions and decisions.

The ICANN website currently contains information on:
a.  accountability and transparency
b.  idn fast-track discussions
c.  mid-term review considerations
d.  the 2007 Annual report
e.  root-server agreements
f.  new gtlds
g.  independent reviews
h.  compliance initiatives
i.  whois issues
j.  the registrar accreditation agreement
k.  nominating committee activities
l.  iPV6

There are also links to the GNSO Improvements
discussion, the ICANN travel policy considerations,
the translation program, and to a host of other
subjects.

So I guess what you're saying is we first need to
teach ALSs how to read.  Apparently, they are only
capable of reading an ALS application form, but
nothing else.  

Funny, how registrants that encounter a problem manage
to read everything under the sun about an issue and
know where to send their complaints and concerns, yet
ALSs remain clueless.  

Odd that registrants in droves managed to find their
way to the ICANN blog and to the public participation
sites when the Registerfly mess unfolded, yet ALSs
were absolutely silent.  

The problem isn't that ALSs aren't being properly
educated; the problem is that ALSs are not the
at-large.  The real At-Large cares, reacts and
responds; they don't.




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