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<i>note: keep in mind I speak here as Veni, and I do not represent ICANN,
ISOC, or any of the Boards I am into. <br><br>
</i>Danny,<br>
Thank you for your letter! <br>
You put problems on the table - something, which I've been doing enough
in my life, to find out that it's better to put the problem, and propose
a solution. Now, the solution may not be ideal, but it will be something.
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When you put your problems on the table, they are some of the problems
confronting ICANN. Do you think that it will be fair to start solving the
problems that you have on the table first? What will other people, who
have other problems for the ICANN say? Why the community does not come
with a priority list, while not forgetting that ICANN, among other items,
needs to run a few core businesses, on which the Internet develops? <br>
I'd spend more time on prioritizing, putting the problems, and suggesting
solutions, than just naming my own problems. If I am to start with the
Bulgarian problems, I'd started with something quite different from
what's your problem in the USA. <br>
Let me randomly browse through your message from my perspective, of
someone coming from a country in transition: <br><br>
At 14:35 17-12-05 -0800, Danny Younger wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Bottom-up input was totally
ignored by a Board that<br>
lacks the ability to deal with any criticism. </blockquote><br>
When you blame the whole Board, you blame everyone of its members. I
believe that you - as a native-English speaker - are aware of the power
of words, and have not made this mistake by accident. When you say a
Board should be able to deal with criticism, you probably mean plain
criticism, not the constructive one, which I personally have been asking
the community to provide. It's very easy to criticize, and very difficult
at the same time to provide solutions.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Organization itself, you are
pre-ordaining the type of<br>
conclusion that you will inevitably be receiving.</blockquote><br>
Again, not quite right - just look in the many examples in the last year.
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">If you really want constructive
work to be<br>
accomplished, why don't you start by putting together<br>
a Board-level plan to restore at-Large directors to<br>
the Board. </blockquote><br>
Can you give solution for it, as we both know what are the problems here,
but I guess you must be one step ahead, since you put this problem
publicly? <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">It's something that is capable
of being<br>
done and it remains something that would serve the<br>
interests of the broader Internet community. </blockquote><br>
Again - give solution, please. What you say is another problem. Also - I
guess you know how this should be done? Not in a mailing list, not in the
form of an argument, right? <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">...but don't preach to me about
being constructive<br>
while you and your peers on the Board continue to deny<br>
representative rights to us. </blockquote><br>
Who is "us"? The users? I am a user. The people from developed
countries, who take so many things for granted, just because happen to be
born in the West? Please, don't tell me that - I know much better what
people in developing countries think, and they are the majority of the
Internet users. Do you know how much they care about the ICANN Board and
their representation there? <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">We've done our bit for<br>
ICANN; what has the Board done for us?</blockquote><br>
I guess you're not serious here, giving a cover-version of JFK's quote,
right?<br><br>
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