<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><div>Any Board or Leadership structure will stay as connected and verbal as possible to keep the part of the group that it feels is fowardly-relevant up to speed. Time delays either are a sign of what you suggested, or a sign that the communty isn't financially able to perform a function worthy of such upkeep, but that doesn't mean non-board members are worthless, because it seems as we do have the intellectual capability to perform our function. <br /><br />Could the entire process be controlled by a few just as good as it can be controlled by many? Yes, only if a vast majority of people don't care to understand the importance of ICANN and us as participants give up. Non-participants are too distracted by work, media and geopolitical events. The people here though are vital to keeping a balance therefore as representative for those distracted and non-distracted, like founders of
a country who only need 5% of people to participate in a successful agenda, we as participants must not feel discouraged by any distractions, the distracted, or the unable, because we can represent them. <br /><br />Even if they have never heard of ICANN, they are still human beings who deserve our representation, and we have until next June to make sure of the correct humane balances of ICANn post-transition process, while at the same time expanding internet opportunities. The mentor idea is a good idea.<br /><br />Ron</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
<div>
<br />
<div>
<div style="font-size:0.9em">
<hr size="1">
<b>
<span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span>
</b>
Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@nic.br>; <br>
<b>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span>
</b>
Ron Baione <ron.baione@yahoo.com>; <br>
<b>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span>
</b>
Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>; <br>
<b>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span>
</b>
Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Message from ICANN Board re Designator Model <br>
<b>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span>
</b>
Wed, Oct 7, 2015 12:11:30 AM <br>
</div>
<br>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 6, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Ron Baione <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ron.baione@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return" class="">ron.baione@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class=""><div class="">There is going to be a degree of devolvement in every group that is becoming less relevant to a consolidating power structure, the natural projection of frustration as the new corporate reality becomes clear. The key, if increasing community involvement was actually a long term goal of ICANN's board, would be to show that they are doing something productive to that end, and not just speaking broadly when the temperature of the community rises, in an effort
to run out the clock.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Ron,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to highlight the "run out the clock" part of your text; when people ask why the Board took so long to comment, one reason that comes to mind is to leverage time pressure. If the same positions were discussed before, the transition clock would be in less of a hurry, so there would be more time to counter those with rationales and proposals. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>