Re: [alac] Nominations for Chair

[Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg@xxxxxx>]

Thank you, Sebastian,

I just tried to answer the first and used some German in the beginning 
and wanted to offer a computer translation. It is really lousy. So for a 
start you have to keep up with some german, rest english.

*Yo agregaria un par de preguntas:


1. que mecanismos para trabajo multilingue y multicultural tiene 
considerados ejecutar?*

*
Also, das ist für mich ein ganz wichtiges Thema. Weil Sprache so ein 
großes Problem ist, und zudem von ICANN permanent ignoriert wird, habe 
ich dies gleich zu Anfang unserer Treffen thematisiert und gefordert, 
dass zumindest die zentralen ICANN-Dokumente in so vielen Sprachen wie 
möglich, zumindest aber in den UNO-Sprachen veröffentlicht werden. Wir 
haben dies als ALAC auch gemeinsam in ein Statement gefasst. Doch selbst 
wenn ICANN ein paar zentrale Dokumente in mehreren Sprachen 
veröffentlicht, bleibt die gängige Kommunikation dennoch englisch, was 
alle Nicht-Englisch-Sprechenden massiv benachteiligt, bzw. sie 
schlichtweg ausschließt. Ich fürchte jedoch, dass wir daran nichts 
ändern können, auch wenn es ein ätzender Zustand ist. *

*Woran wir arbeiten können ist, wie wir auf regionaler und globaler 
Ebene miteinander kommunizieren. Dazu habe ich mir bereits in dem 
RALO-Wiki (www.wecann.net/ralowiki) Gedanken gemacht, den ich vor allem 
für unsere europäische Regional-At-Large-Arbeit aufgesetzt habe. Dort 
schreibe ich zum Thema "Working Structure":*

*"To find the most effective way how to work together and make an impact 
on ICANN's policies, we have to take several issues into account. *

It is clear, that we will work with mailing lists, websites, wikis, etc. 
But the question is:

- Should we have one mailing list on a global level or also seperate 
lists on the regional level?

- How do we deal with the problem of different languages? Do we expect 
everyone to speak english? To use english only is the most efficient 
way, but excludes those who do not speak it.

Within Europe though, there are so many languages, that English is 
probably the only one all Europeans could agree on.

If regions choose to use different languages, than this approach is on 
the one hand helpful to involve local internet users, on the other hand 
are they excluding themselves from the debate on global level.The result 
will be double work and a lack of transparency. Some english speaking 
people would have to take part in both fora and try to serve as mediators.

For building a democratic structure with the participation of all on an 
equal footing our global Babylon is a pain in the neck.

At least some translational help should be guaranteed. We should define 
which papers and newsletters should be translated into which languages 
and who is going to pay (e.g. regional at-large budget, or 
central/global at-large budget)."

Viele Grüße und hasta luego

Annette




sricciardi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Erick, 
>
> Thanks for your comments.
> Gracias por tus comentarios.
>
> I think it is important to assure that your concerns are well understood by all 
> committee members.
> Creo que es importante asegurarnos de que tus preocupaciones sean entendidas por 
> todos los miembros del comitè.
>
> Therefore, I will translate your questions:
> Asi que traducire tus preguntas.
>
>  
>
> > 1. que mecanismos para trabajo multilingue y 
> > multicultural tiene considerados ejecutar?
> >    
>
> EN : What kind of mechanisms for multilingual and multicultural work do you 
> plan to implement?
>
>  
>
> > 2. como desarrollara los mecanismos de consenso 
> > para el acuerdo al interior del ALAC?
> >    
>
> EN: How would you develop consensus mechanisms among ALAC members?
>
>  
>
> > 3. que espera de los vice-chairs?
> >    
>
> EN: What are your expectations from Vice Chairs?
>
>
> I think these are important questions. I will address them while replying 
> Vittorio`s previous post.
> Creo que estas son preguntas importantes. Las respondere al mismo tiempo que 
> las preguntas de Vittorio.
>
> Un abrazo,
>
> S.
>
>
>  
>
> > Erick
> >
> > pd. y las preguntas las hago en español, acepto respuestas en ingles.
> >
> > At 11:15 a.m. 09/03/2006, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Il giorno lun, 06/03/2006 alle 17.39 +0100, Vittorio Bertola ha 
> > >      
> > scritto:> > I would now like to ask the candidates to post ideas, 
> > plans,> > considerations and everything else they think necessary 
> > to convince the
> >    
> >
> > > > other ALAC members to vote for them. Also other members can make
> > > > questions if they like.
> > > >        
> > > Well, I hate elections without an electoral debate, they taste bad.
> > >
> > > So could I ask a few questions to the two candidates? Just a few 
> > >      
> > lines>per question would be enough.
> >    
> >
> > > 1) Why do you want to be the ALAC Chair?
> > >
> > > 2) How much time do you think you can devote to serving as ALAC 
> > >      
> > Chair?>
> >    
> >
> > > 3) Which part of the ALAC mandate are you most interested in?
> > >
> > > 4) What is, in your opinion, the most important part of the 
> > >      
> > Chair's job?
> >    
> >
> > > 5) What is the most important objective that you think the ALAC 
> > >      
> > should>reach in the next year, and in the mid term?
> >    
> >
> > > 6) What is your plan to conclude the interim phase of the ALAC in a
> > > reasonable time (ie get the RALOs established or any alternative 
> > >      
> > plan)?>
> >    
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > --
> > > vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] 
> > >      
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> > > http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
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