Re: [ga] Motion asking for GA poll on rebid of ICANN contract

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Fri, 3 May 2002 05:36:33 -0700, William X Walsh
<william@wxsoft.info> wrote:

>Friday, May 03, 2002, 5:24:02 AM, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
>
>> I beleive Jamie *has* proposed a text, hasn't he?
>
>And all his text does is support the premise that the ICANN has used
>to disregard the DNSO GA, that it is nothing but a place for critics
>to swarm and attack it from.
>
>Are you people intentionally setting the DNSO GA up so that it has no
>chance of gaining relevancy?

William the ALSC was specifically set up the Board to advise on at
large issues, given $500,000 of funding, and an internationally
respected figure as Chair.  However this still didn't give the Board a
moment's pause in totally ignoring the ALSC recommendations and
eliminating at large representation on the Board.

So if they are willing to do that to the ALSC what makes you think the
GA has ever a sherrick of influence?  I used to think it could have
some influence but the Accra resolutions of the Board where they
ignored the ALSC, the Names Council, Taskforces and in fact everyone
except their own staff has changed my view.

DPF
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