>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 >Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:19:03 -0600 >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Greg Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Apparently-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [idno] Unofficial ICANN At Large site >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 >List-Id: The discussion list of the Individual Domain Name Owners <idno-discuss.idno.org> >X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Dear All, > >I don't need to tell you ICANN has begun the process of nominations for >elections of board positions through its At Large membership. I believe >there is a fundemental point that has not been adequately addresssed, and >that is how the membership will interact with itself. > >The more open discussion of issues, agendas, and personalities the better >for everyone. It's almost unbelievable that ICANN now has this fairly large >membership of 17,000, with no mechanisms in place for the members to get to >know each other, and no public budget or plan for allowing or creating >those conversations. > >At-large member interactions don't need to be mediated by an already >overburdened staff. Candidates or prospective candidates should be able to >ask their own questions of at large members, take their own polls, publish >whatever manifestos they wish. Concerned members should be able to ask >whatever they like, talk with each other, create our own informal groups - >in short, act like a community instead of a mailing list. > >No one else seems to have attempted a mechanism for that, so I put up a >site - http://www.applyatlarge.com. It's not massively secure, it's not >completely integrated, it's not in any way official. If members of the at >large community want to make use of it, they can. Anyone can create their >own web page for their at large activities, and include any >freely-available tools in it that they like. Mailing lists, forums , and >general interest polls will be created upon request. If we run out of >resources due to massive use (a fond dream) then we'll figure out a way to >get more. > >I won't pretend that I don't have my own agendas. What I promise is that my >only agenda in creating the site is to promote and develop the community, >whether I agree with a point of view or not. With create considered >discussion and real community, ICANN will benefit, the At Large members >will benefit, and the Internet as a whole will benefit. > >I'd like your help in publicizing and promoting this site. As a single >individual on a very limited budget, I don't have the financial resources >to handle the promotion in a standard commercial manner. Any assistance you >can provide (in terms of endorsement or publicity, not funds) will be >greatly appreciated and noted on the site. > >Sincerely, >Greg Burton >Cedar Crest, New Mexico, USA > > > >_______________________________________________ >Idno-discuss mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://listserver.actrix.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/idno-discuss > --Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- the Cyberspace Association, the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners http://www.idno.org
