Re: [ALSC-Forum] Another Membership Study - Berkman Center Representation in Cyberspace Study (and MAC)

[Bret Fausett]

On Sun, 20 May 2001, Hans Klein wrote:
> I find it worrisome that the ALMSC meeting of May did consider the question
> of fundamentally revising the At Large structure.  For example, one point
> raised was, "Should At-Large Members elect Directors to the ICANN Board?"
> See: http://www.atlargestudy.org/MtgSummaryMay5-6NY.shtml
> 
> I don't understand how such a question could even be addressed, since it
> goes against the foundational agreements of ICANN.

And it's especially wrong to ask the question now, when only five of the
nine At Large members have been elected. If the Board as properly
constituted -- 9 elected from the At Large and 9 elected from the SOs --
wants to reconsider its organization, so be it. But to revise the
representation structure before some Directors have even been elected smacks
of capture by those elected first.

Let's implement what was originally designed before we try to fix it.

       -- Bret