[ALSC-Forum] Wait-and-see

[DannyYounger]

Mike, in a recent post you wrote:  "you've got to convince some folks who do 
have money to fund it, or you have to round up a whole lot of people like 
yourself with a little money, or both.  So far, advocates of At Large have 
done neither."

So far, we advocates of the At-Large have been abiding by the processes 
ratified by the ICANN Board.  The Board directed the President and CEO in 
consultation with the ALSC to begin the contingency planning for carrying out 
an At-Large election.  Accordingly, advocates of the At-Large have been 
awaiting the implementational details that were promised to the community and 
have yet to be posted.

You are a businessman.  Would you commit your organization's dollars to a 
group that has no incorporated status, that has no mechanism for the receipt 
of funds, that has no Charter, and that has not been formally approved as an 
institution by ICANN?  Most likely you would take a wait-and-see attitude... 
especially if the former CEO of ICANN is pronouncing the At-Large nearly dead.

We have been respectfully waiting for the ALSC to complete its work, and for 
ICANN to have the courtesy to re-open the members.icann website.  It's easy 
to point the finger of blame and to argue that we have not been pulling our 
weight.  Had ICANN decided to allow ICANN At-Large Directors or At-Large 
advocates to participate as contributing members of the ALSC, perhaps we 
would not be in this quagmire.  

ICANN shut us out of the process and determined that only ICANN insiders 
would build the home for the At-Large.  Is it any wonder that we too must 
necessarily adopt a wait-and-see attitude?  What did you expect?