[NA-Discuss] "We can't be bothered to vote; so just send us the travel vouchers for Cairo"

[Evan Leibovitch]

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Danny Younger wrote:

> In another fine display of participant zeal, eight ALAC members
> decided to ignore yet another ALAC vote -- this time on the
> Overview Report on the ALAC Review.  Those listed below (more than
> half of the ALAC) did not bother to vote:

While I take tiny comfort that (for once) there are no North Americans
on the list, it bothers me that counts like this, which are not even
meetings (which can conflict) but "do it on your own time" votes,
cannot even get a majority.

> Kudos to the ALAC Chair for the great results obtained under the
> new "Remedial" participation policy.

To the Chair's defence, there is a real limit on what she can do.

The list of no-shows includes 80% of the NonComm appointees to
ALAC, who are not subject to recall, accountable to nobody and
are free to flip the bird at Cheryl.

I have already spoken to the Chair on attendance issues regarding the
tardy ALACers from our region, and some behind-the-scenes followup
is being done.

To our great credit, the person from our region who owes no
accountability to NARALO happens to have one of the best attendance
records in ALAC.

> At this rate, the ALAC will be dead and buried soon.

Isn't that what you want, Danny?

Of a greater overall worry to me is the fact that NARALO's continued
pro-activity, combined with a clear lethargy in other regions, will
again lead to sentiment that ICANN -- even in its public participation
component -- is dominated by Amercians (and to a lesser extent
Europeans). Is it our fault that we seem to be the only ones actually
initiating anything? It seems as no coincidence that both of the
candidates for ALAC Board rep are from our region.

Is the creation of two more unaccountable ALAC reps from Asia, as the
Westlake report recommend really going to do ANYTHING to solve this?

And with ICANN starving At-Large for outreach funding, how are we
going to seek out those who actually give a damn but aren't overly
assertive about it?

- - Evan

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