What does "widely solicited" mean?

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

The recent ALAC announcement of the selection of delegates to the 2005 
Nominating Committee states: "The ALAC widely solicited volunteers and relied 
on the user groups designated as ?At-Large Structures? in each region for 
recommendations."
 
As three Nominating Committee delegates were brought back for yet another term, 
I have to wonder exactly how widely the ALAC cast their net.  Other than their 
website (that practically no one visits), where else was the notice posted?  
Was it sent to any other mailing lists?  I certainly don't recall the GA being 
notified.  
 
How many so-called at-large structures even submitted nominations?  If three 
delegates had to be re-nominated, was this due to a total non-response?  
Wouldn't it be nice to hear the truth/details for once?
 
If I had to guess, I would say that the outreach was so pathetic that only a 
handful of nominations were received and that some regions submitted absolutely 
no nominations.  Most likely Vittorio and associates simply picked their Civil 
Society buddies from the non-commercial constituency and totally disregarded 
all other possible at-large candidates.
 
Why are NGO representatives instead of At-Large representatives the only people 
selected by the ALAC?  Perhaps we should petition the Board to rename the ALAC 
as the Civil Society Promotion & Advisory Committee... 
 

                
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