[ga] Regional @ large
Title: Help Regional @ large.
Icannatlarge.com already has clear Regional membership organisation, so I
suggest Denise points
everyone to these: Either the whole membership at http://www.icannatlarge.com/view.php?sortorder=chrono
or -
see: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/monitorpeoplesinternet.htm world@large: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberswholelist.htm africa@large for Africa Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/membersafrica.htm asia@large for Asia Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/membersasia.htm europe@large for Europe Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberseurope.htm india@large for India and Subcontinent Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/membersindiansubcont.htm latincaribbean@large for Latin America and Caribbean Regions: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberslatinamericaandcaribbean.htm middleeast@large for Middle East Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/membersmiddleeast.htm northamerica@large for North America Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/membersnorthamerica.htm seasia@large for South East Asia Region: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberssoutheastasia.htm Or take a look at the national breakdown of membership For example: germany@large: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberseuropegermany.htm I suggest you simply point everyone to these In short, the Regional membership already exists and is about to grow significantly. Key Question for Denise: If you have regional representatives on your proposed ALAC, will they be chosen on the basis of one person one vote (ie: bottom up)? Richard Henderson ( @large Outreach Working Group) PS: I am firmly of the belief that most of the @large wants elected representation on the ICANN Board with full powers as Directors. It wants user representation at Board level, as proposed, for example, by the ICANN-appointed ALSG. It wants ordinary internet users to be represented powerfully on the ICANN Board as a balance against other smaller constituencies. It sees the "top-down" ALAC initiative as a wholly inadequate attempt to legitimise the process of "reform" : the removal of @large Directors and the creation of a means of "control" of the @large constituency - a constituency denied its own ALSO, its own Directors, and kept powerless because the ICANN establishment fears the strong dissenting voice of the @large - as seen so clearly in its dealings with Karl Auerbach. So let's be clear - you can destroy old e-mail lists of the @ large... you can disenfranchise the @ large... but the @ large still exists, not in ALAC, but in a continuing community of members, in Regions, in Nations, in Localities. The @ large is not something to be "organised" by Denise Michel or Esther. It exists and is speaking for itself (no I don't mean just me). Ask the various participants at ALOC : you will hear the same request - give us empowered Board Directors. In the meantime, log on regularly to monitor the growth of the @ large Regional Organisations. They are already here. But they are not organised by the ICANN Board. To use the words of the ERC-appointed assistance group: They are "INDEPENDENT regional @ large organisations - SELF-CREATED by the @ large communities". Yep: http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/monitorpeoplesinternet.htm http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberswholelist.htm |