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

[Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let's hope the Board members' understanding of their fiduciary duties 
keeps them from going along with the subterfuge.

--Wendy

At 07:48 AM 7/21/2006 -0700, Bret Fausett wrote:
> I'm beginning to see the "President's Committee on Strategy" as Paul's
> replacement for the ICANN Board. He's hand-picked this pseudo-Board and will
> use its recommendations to push the real Board in directions it might not
> want to go.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Wendy Seltzer
> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:20 AM
> > To: alac@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [alac] President's Committee on Strategy, and ICANN
> > legitimacy
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > 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
> > Chilling Effects: http://www.chillingeffects.org
> >
> >

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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
Chilling Effects: http://www.chillingeffects.org