[governance] Drop ALAC altogether??

[Danny Younger]

Why don't we just drop whatever group is the least
productive and most expensive to maintain?

At a glance, the NCUC receives zero dollars from
ICANN, has members that actively participate in a
number of working groups for periods of months and
years; they create topical Workshops on a regular
basis and manage to issue substantive policy papers
for board consideration (see for example the 25-page
document on new gTLDs at
http://www.ncdnhc.org/policydocuments/PDP-Dec05-NCUC-CONST-STMT-JUNE2007.pdf
).

By contrast, the ALAC is budgeted at $760,000 per
annum, has no members actively involved in any working
groups, it doesn't issue any policy papers whatsoever,
but it does come up with occasional "Statements" that
are a few paragraphs long and reflect at least a few
minutes worth of group consideration.




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