[ncdnhc-discuss] Names council candidates

[Marc Schneiders]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, at 21:36 [=GMT+0200], Dany Vandromme wrote:

> James Love wrote:
> > 
> > It would seem that the issues concerning the election of the at large
> > board members would be pretty important.  This is the only thing that
> > seems to make ICANN remotely accountable to the Internet community.
> > Jamie
> > 
> -
> 1) Accountability would be certainly better achieved if there is some
> natural link or channel between the elected AL board members and the
> voting base. This is aimed in the ALSC proposal. It is certainly not
> achieved today with the current process, in which the at-large role is
> only to vote once a while. There is no point to fight for 9 Al directors
> if there is no mechanism for accountability. 

Well, if my memory does not fail me utterly, it is precisely the ALSC
which is suggesting a LONGER period for electing at large
directors. This is an important isssue, but can hardly, no, not at
all, be used against 9 al large directors. Rather the opposite.
 
-- 
Marc at Schneiders.ORG