Re: [alac] Selecting Our Successors

[shahshah@xxxxxxxx]

Bret's suggestion is a step in the right direction. It could be adopted
with the proviso that it is an evolutionary step and its consequences will
be watched and evaluated for possible further refinement. It is better to
base any future reform on something empirical like this than on abstract
discussions that have not yielded fruit in the past.
Siavash

> At 11:58 PM 1/25/2006, John L wrote:
>>>Interesting, but when you take away even the modicum of direct
>>>control that people might appear to have, what's the point?
>>
>>To me, the point is that voting would be a sham.
>
> Little disagreement there, yet it seems further that an ALS without a
> vote is pointless.  So we're back to "what purpose is there for a
> group to participate in this pyramid-like scheme?" and perhaps a
> proof by absurdity that it needs reform.
>
> --Wendy
>
>>   I recently sent in ALS applications for CAUCE and CAUCE Canada
>> which together have upwards of 15,000 members, which I believe is
>> far more than all of the other NA ALS put together.  So if we're
>> "voting" weighted by membership, I always win. Or if each ALS gets
>> one vote, no problem, if I cared I could easily round up a dozen or
>> so and stuff the ballot box.
>>
>>Bret's suggestion leaves the control with the ALSes if they can
>>agree, which they will if they're smart.  Otherwise the nomcom,
>>which has been one of the more functional bits of ICANN, gets to referee.
>>
>>Regards,
>>John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet
>>for Dummies",
>>Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Mayor
>>"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
>>
>
> --
> Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
> http://www.chillingeffects.org/
>


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