Re: [ga] Substance over rhetoric - a constructive challenge

[Esther Dyson <edyson@edventure.com>]

Denise Michel would know the details, but it was staff (since the board did 
not meet to consider the request).

Esther

At 01:29 PM 3/18/2002, Barbara Simons wrote:
>Esther,
>Out of curiosity, who turned down the ALSC's request
>for the list of at-large members?  Was it the Board, or
>was it staff?
>Regards,
>Barbara
>
>Esther Dyson wrote:
>
> > Barbara -
> >
> > If I had clout with ICANN, things would be turning out differently. I (and
> > the committee) did indeed ask for the list, to no avail.
> >
> > Nonetheless, with luck they can still be pushed in the right direction
> > while many things are up in the air.  Right now nothing is fixed, and I
> > believe the best way to take advantage of that is to push constructively.
> >
> > Esther
> >
> > At 09:05 PM 3/17/2002, Barbara Simons wrote:
> > >Thanks!  Your suggestion is the obvious approach, except
> > >that the number of "instant" at-large members would be a six
> > >digit figure if you count everyone who registered and five digits
> > >if you just count those who confirmed their registration.
> > >
> > >And both numbers would be considerably larger had
> > >ICANN had the capacity to process everyone who
> > >wanted to register and had everyone realized that it
> > >was a two step process, i.e. registering was not sufficient
> > >in order to be able to vote.
> > >
> > >Esther, you have a bit of clout with ICANN.  This seems
> > >like the obvious starting point, rather than trying to put
> > >something together from scratch, which I feel is doomed
> > >to failure.
> > >
> > >Barbara
> > >
> > >Kristy McKee wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't understand why anyone who is already a member of the At 
> Large & has
> > > > already voted and has had representation in ICANN should be required to
> > > > sign up a second time.
> > > >
> > > > ICANN's At Large, as I understood, has several thousand members, not
> > > > several hundred.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone explain this to me, if yes, please do.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > ~k


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