[NA-Discuss] GNSO reform and ALAC

[Bret Fausett]

On Apr 22, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> A more recent version of the draft has essentially gutted ALAC's role

Speaking as the ALAC's former liaison to the GNSO (the position Alan  
now holds), the ALAC has *no* role in the GNSO, so there is nothing  
whatsoever to gut. The ALAC liaison is there as a non-voting member of  
the Council. From time to time, we have had some success is swaying  
the debate, but this is only because we made good arguments.  
Officially, we are only on the Council to exchange information back  
and forth. We have no vote. I don't know what the current draft shows,  
but virtually anything that required the ALAC/ALS views to be  
considered would be a step forward.

      -- Bret

P.S. I'll read the report tomorrow and report back to the list again.