Re: [alac] President's Committee on Strategy, and ICANN legitimacy

["Jacqueline Morris" <jam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that given we were asked for 1 nominee, we shouldn't be too
pissed to get only one.
My $0.02
Jacqueline

On 7/21/06, Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In case anyone actually reads the "public" list, I'll take this
> opportunity to comment that while I am pleased that Pierre Dandjinou
> will be able to participate in the PSC, I think it shameful that
> without any further discussion, ALAC's other nominee was not
> accepted.   Unfortunately, I am unsurprised, as this lack of direct
> feedback and public participation pervades ICANN.
>
> Paul Twomey's explanation that "As [we] know the Committee is
> designed to be a small but consultative group, and it needs to ensure
> that additions can be made also from other communities," does not
> excuse the lack of public representation.  The public is not just one
> element among many Internet stakeholders, it is the citizenry for
> whose benefit this whole edifice is constructed.  If the public is
> not well represented through more than just special-interest
> constituencies, the legitimacy of the whole ICANN enterprise is threatened.
>
> The question is, does anyone care?
> --Wendy
>
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> 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
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