[NA-Discuss] [At-Large] ALAC vote on RAA now open -- and it sucks

[Danny Younger]

Alan,

Perhaps you can explain why this vote only puts forward options to accept/reject/defer a complete "package" of amendments?  The ALAC can indeed recommend adopting certain amendments while rejecting other amendments.  You have unnecessarily limited the field of available choices. 

The GNSO is not obligated to vote up or down on a total package and neither is the ALAC -- the amendments can be ratified or rejected on an individual basis.  If you want to handle this properly, why don't you get some discussion started with the ALAC members on each of the individual amendments.  It would be nice to hear some discussion once in a while by Committee members, don't you think?  



--- On Thu, 12/11/08, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:

> From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] [At-Large] ALAC vote on RAA now open -- and it sucks
> To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "NA Discuss" <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:58 AM
> That text was posted in error. I called this to the
> attention of 
> staff as soon as I saw it. It has been replaced (prior to
> anyone 
> voting). The four options now read:
> 
> 1) Recommend the GNSO to accept the current RAA package,
> with the 
> possibility of further policy development in the future.
> 
> 2) Recommend that the GNSO do not approve the current RAA
> package.
> 
> 3) Recommend that the GNSO defer the decision until such
> time that 
> the ALAC can be properly briefed on the current position by
> ICANN staff
> 
> 4) Abstain
> 
> Alan
> 
> At 11/12/2008 10:58 AM, Danny Younger wrote:
> >So who do we have to thank for the totally biased
> language below?!!
> >
> >The phrasing of Point #3 is an insult to everyone that
> has worked hard to
> >draw attention to the great many flaws in the proposed
> RAA 
> >amendments package.  On what basis was the
> determination made: "but 
> >the ICANN Board would probably not accept it"? 
> That's a bunch of 
> >crap.  The Board liaison did not bring forward that
> viewpoint, nor 
> >is there a record of correspondence with any Board
> members to assert 
> >that such is a board position.
> >
> > >From the ALAC Archives:
> >
> >"At the last ALAC meeting, it was decided to put
> the ALAC recommendation to
> >the GNSO on the RAA package to an online vote. The
> online vote will remain
> >open until Thursday, 18 December at 2359 UTC. Each
> member of the ALAC will
> >shortly receive a private email with their voting
> credentials and a link to
> >the online vote. They will be asked to choose between
> the following options:
> >
> >1) Recommend the GNSO to defer because the briefing is
> required to
> >understand the context
> >
> >2) Recommend the GNSO to accept the current package,
> with the 
> >possibility of further work on amendments on issues
> remaining continues
> >
> >3) Recommend the GNSO to reject the amendments package
> and start 
> >from square one, but the ICANN Board would probably not
> accept it
> >
> >4) Abstain
> >
> >There's nothing more disgusting than the bald
> attempt to force 
> >through a position vis-a-vis poorly drafted available
> choices.  It's 
> >contemptible.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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