[NA-Discuss] FW: The European Commission Papers on ICANN

[John R. Levine]

> The question I therefore ask you and all of the cynics is, "how do we
> change that"?

>From within the ALAC?  We can't.  We have no influence other than at the 
margins.

> You'll notice the ALAC recently released a joint statement with the GAC.

Yup, the GAC has actual influence.  To the extent we can nudge them, that 
would be useful.

> I remain convinced that we have more resources than any other 
> constituency in ICANN due to our extraordinary membership. We are the 
> world.

Not to be unduly crass, but we have no budget.  In all the consituencies 
that matter, people get paid to lobby ICANN.

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