[At-Large] Say Whut!

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Tue Dec 11 12:15:31 UTC 2018


+1 to Roberto's.  I would welcome such a move and suggest that in
formulating the Summit WGs, this be taken into account.

-Carlton

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On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:18 AM Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I am wondering whether this thread suggests that time at the next summit
> should be dedicated to rethinking the role of ALAC, its effectiveness in
> the Multi-Stakeholder model, its priorities, etc.
> R
>
>
> On 10.12.2018, at 14:49, Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Siva,
>
> Were I to be engaged in a real exercise to enable ALAC to serve its bylaw
>>> mandate, I would wish to eliminate ALSs and move to fully individual
>>> membership in RALOs. I would reduce travel and invest more in vitual
>>> meeting technologies. I would also concentrate ALAC activity in ONLY three
>>> areas:
>>>
>>
> The suggestions above sound too drastic to take sides with.
>>
>
> I make no apologies for this proposal's radicalism. But I also recognize
> that proper public education, surveys and research will be expensive. ICANN
> will not manufacture a significantly bigger budget.
>
> But if ALAC is focused on the areas I propose, there is substantial
> savings to be realized in cutting back on facets of At-Large that have, at
> best, offered only cosmetic benefit.
>
>
> If DNS is demystified there would be greater user participation.
>>
>
> Maybe. Not everyone who needs to know how the DNS works needs to be
> engaged in it. Nor should they. People who get the education and are
> interested to help will know where to find us, reducing the wasteful
> expenditures on "outreach".
>
>>
> - surveys and R&D into public needs and opinions about domain names and
>>> the DNS
>>>
>>
>> +1.  A considerable amount of R&D could happen through social media, not
>> necessarily by votes, even by 'likes' and reactions to non-commercially
>> promoted posts and tweets
>>
>
> That's not where I was headed. Proper quantitative research requires
> effort and expertise. I would never trust social media for this, at least
> as a primary source.
>
>
> - analysis of the result of such research, and development of ICANN input
>>> based on that (both in original policy initiatives and response to existing
>>> activity)
>>>
>>
>> Needs to go even beyond that. ALAC could become more emphatic on Cross
>> Community PDPs.
>>
>
> That's way too into the details. I expect that if we engage in real
> research, the areas of global public concern will not lie where you may
> believe they are. What is of great interest inside the domain bubble is of
> little interest to the world outside that bubble, and vice versa.
>
> Doing this properly, I expect, will dramatically change ALAC's policy
> priorities.
>
> - Evan
>
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