[NA-Discuss] [At-Large] Letter to the Board

[Vittorio Bertola]

Danny Younger ha scritto:
> I am of the view that the ALAC needs to write a very strong letter to
> the Board expressing their disgust with (1) the manner in which the
> ICANN Public Forum session was conducted that allowed for a very
> limited amount of time within which to interact with the Board and
> (2) the almost total lack of remote participation opportunities that
> were available to at-large members.
> 
> As someone that attempted to participate remotely, I can't point to a
> single ALAC session that allowed for meaningful remote participation,
> nor were audio feeds available for many workshops.

He can speak for himself (not sure whether he is subscribed to this
list) but Karl Auerbach, who could not make it to Cairo, tried to
participate remotely both in the sessions of the WG he is part of and in
other sessions, and was utterly frustrated as well.

Also, I found it entirely unacceptable how the gentleman who was
introduced by Beau in the gTLD workshop, and that started to expose
ICANN's lack of compliance activities and its consequences on favouring
phishing and spamming, was first somewhat harassed by the moderator of
the session, who all of a sudden realized that he was running short of
time and so asked the speaker to be brief, and then by one of the
speakers on the podium. I am really astonished that there was no
reaction by the ALAC to that.

I already made my comments to the Board, as you saw, and several Board
members told me that they share my views on the Public Forum.
Unfortunately, not everyone does so; public comment is perceived by some
as dangerous, as it may expose ICANN's shortcomings and put it under a
bad light. There is a clear push "not to derail the train" coming from
some of the people and parties who enjoy better treatment by ICANN, and
it is hard to imagine that the bad scheduling and management of the
Public Forum in Cairo were completely unintentional. This is why I agree
with Danny that the ALAC needs to be very vocal.

Actually, if I may, I suggest that, in case this kind of problem happens
again, either the ALAC Chair from the floor or the ALAC Board Liaison
from the podium should promptly make a statement, even if personal, to
complain.

But, at least, please write a kind but firm letter to the Board.

Regards,
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