On 22 March 2013 12:39, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: And I understand the ALAC, and maybe even the At-LArge if they knew what > was going on, being happy with the decisions being made by ICANN Sr. Staff. > > But these decisions are not being made using an improved policy process as > suggested by R3, they are being made despotically. So while you may be > happy with the benevolence expressed in these decisions, as someone who is > both user and registrant and both NCSG and At-Large, I worry about the > trend to despotism. > I understand and agree. This should not be a "ends justify the means" scenario, which is the best-case explanation. It was not so long ago that staff was far less hospitable to the PoV; as such there is little desire to enshrine a process in place that could change in both intent and result based on who is hired and fired. > Remember the quote about freedom and security: (approx) those who trade > freedom for security, neither achieve not deserve either. If we trade away > the multistakeholder development process to get a few consumer advantages > today, what will we be giving up in the long run? I agree we need to > improve those process, but circumventing them is problematic. > For enough. > Ps. Not sure why you need a firefighter's suit. You are a vice-chair of > ALAC and speak for them. > Actually, I am certainly not saying what I do as an endorsed expression of anything. These are my own comments; my position simply offers me a good vantage point from which to observe. but I don't claim to definitively speak for ALAC. I say what I do as a mere liaison, trying to suggest differing perspectives, concerns, and opportunities. - Evan