[governance] What happened at the NARALO/ALAC/CCNSO?

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

Yep - we should find out about it soon, and then following ICANN's
processes, everyone can comment, and then the Board will decide. So , if the
RALO is for it but you are against it, say so in the comment period. 
Don't you just love the consultative process:)
Jacqueline

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vittorio Bertola [mailto:vb at bertola.eu]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 04:33
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller
> Cc: Jacqueline A. Morris; yehudakatz at mailinator.com
> Subject: Re: [governance] What happened at the NARALO/ALAC/CCNSO?
> 
> Milton L Mueller ha scritto:
> > A "global Summit of Internet users" strikes me as an example of how
> > misdirected bottom up politics can become. If a summit of internet
> > users has any value, it is because it will allow the voice of large
> > numbers of mobilized users to be brought to bear on concrete policy
> > issues. But if those users have _no positions_, nothing of substance
> > to say on specific policy choices brought before ICANN and other
> > institutions, then what good is it?
> >
> > Certainly the organizers of such a summit will feel important if it
> > attracts a large crowd. Certainly it will create opportunities for
> > budding new politicians to become more visible. But what is their
> > agenda, what do they have to say, what principles will guide them?
> > And how will that be brought to bear on specific, real policy choices
> > in real governance agencies?
> >
> > I would rather attend a meeting of 12 people who know what they want
> > to do and are willing and able to intervene in real processes, than a
> > meeting of 12,000 people who don't and aren't.
> 
> It's nice to agree with Milton every now and then :)
> 
> However, since the idea of a summit came out months ago, I have been
> repeating that the ICANN Board will never put money on this if a clear
> explanation of "how will this event make a difference" isn't provided.
> So (AFAIK, as I'm not inside the process any more) the organizers are
> now working on providing exactly that. In general, I think that the
> event could be very useful or very useless depending on how its agenda
> and purposes are set up. I expect that this will be presented to the
> broader community in the near future.
> --
> vb.                   Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu   <--------
> -------->  finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/  <--------

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