> Another avenue could be At-Large. The North American Regional At-Large > Organization (NARALO) - uniquely amongst the RALO's - accepts individual > members.
as the elected unaffiliated member representative (or "umr") i suppose i should point out that (a) yes, the structural feature of individual membership exists in the naralo, and (b) it is unique to this ralo, and (c) these members do elect an officer to the ralo leadership, in some cases by accliamation or apathy, depending upon point of view, and (d) redundently, i am that stuckee. points (c) and (d) are not terribly important to the issue of how any number of persons having no other "at large structure" (als) membership, say a local isoc chapter, may, if they choose, lobby for what they each, jointly or severally -- to express involvement as a liability -- think is in the public interest. i simply mention (c) and (d) for completeness. i do have a caveat to offer. when i switched from the contracted parties to the naralo mailing lists i found a "technical" working group and hoped right on over. i foud that its purpose was not to provide a venue for the technical evaluation of policy issues, such as the sanity of v6-uber-alles as a non-negotiable requirement for new registries located where there is no v6, but to educate others. at that point i hoped right out. i don't think "policy for dummies" is any more attractive than "tech for dumies" as process and competency models. > http://naralo.org as joly's comment implies, there's a link to click, and consequences in the form of works, not faith. -e
