<div dir="ltr">On 22 March 2013 12:39, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
And I understand the ALAC, and maybe even the At-LArge if they knew what was going on, Â being happy with the decisions being made by ICANN Sr. Staff.<br>
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But these decisions are not being made using an improved policy process as suggested by R3, they are being made despotically. Â 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.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style>I understand and agree. This should not be a "ends justify the means" scenario, which is the best-case explanation.</div><div style><br></div><div style>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Â </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Remember the quote about freedom and security: (approx) those who trade freedom for security, neither achieve not deserve either. Â 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? Â I agree we need to improve those process, but circumventing them is problematic.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>For enough.</div><div>Â </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ps. Not sure why you need a firefighter's suit. Â You are a vice-chair of ALAC and speak for them.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>- Evan</div><div><br></div></div>
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