Re: [ALSC-Forum] Re: Straw Poll

[Jeff Williams]

Danny and all stakeholders or interested parties,

  Here here Danny!  Well done and well articulated!  >;)

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Joanna,
>
> You raise several good points, but allow me to address my fundamental
> concern...
>
> In my limited experience within ICANN, I have noted that those that are
> charged with either "forging" consensus or "managing" consensus make a habit
> of only giving lip-service to consensus whenever such consensus stands at
> odds with their own self-interest.
>
> The members in this forum (and in every other forum that has discussed the
> At-Large) have expressed the need and obligation to seat nine At-Large
> Directors.  Will the ALSC abide by this consensus?  Probably not.  There is
> little indication so far of correlation between our input and the output
> generated by this Committee.
>
> You have asked if I will be submitting the results of this poll to the ALSC.
> Frankly, in my view there is not much value in providing a report to a
> Committee seemingly predisposed to ignoring the consensus view of the
> community.  Our efforts will be better served by submitting a formal report
> to the Department of Commerce.
>
> ICANN has warranted in its third status report to the DoC that it has created
> an At Large Membership Study Committee with the objective of generating a
> consensus solution to the issue of general Internet user participation and
> involvement in ICANN.  If the solution does not reflect a "consensus", it
> becomes our obligation to challenge this solution in the appropriate venue.
> I, for one, will not allow ICANN to abrogate its founding compact with the US
> government without a sustained fight.
>
> Having nine Directors is the birthright of the At-Large.

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