[CCWG-ACCT] Call(s) on Thursday

[George Sadowsky]

Nigel,

What follows is totally my personal opinion.

I am less than a mere participant, having joined this conversation essentially too late to be meaningfully informed and involved.

However, I do share with you the magnitude of the changes that are being proposed, along with inadequate time to explore their ramifications.  I would rather see a solid governance structure for the future and a delayed transition as opposed to a transition that meets the current deadline and a a untested and incomplete governance structure that seriously harms the organization.

In the 1970s Fred Brooks, the designer of the IBM 360 series, wrote a book called "The Mythical Man Month,"  Its very good reading, with application to a lot of current day issues.  One of its chapters is titled, "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."  I worry that this will be the outcome of the current CCWG exercise.

George  


On Jul 29, 2015, at 4:27 AM, Nigel Roberts <nigel at channelisles.net> wrote:

> As a mere participant I have found it almost impossible to join the calls due to the vast number of them and the release of important documents no more than hours before.
> 
> If I was cynical, I would suggest this method of working was deliberately exclusionary.
> 
> As several other participants know from their membership of another extremely important and potentially controversial WG, there is another, better, way.
> 
> But that would incompatible with the self-created urgency.
> 
> I am beginning to become seriously worried that major changes will be made to the ICANN structure and IANA relationship without the time for due consideration, just because there's a US Presidential election in the office.
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/29/2015 09:05 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
>> I have a previous engagement at 17:00 UTC.
>> 
>> And as previously I object against having 2 or more calls on the same day.
>> 
>> greetings, el
>> 
>> On 2015-07-29 08:23, Grace Abuhamad wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> The poll is now closed. Staff will proceed to schedule _two calls
>>> for Thursday 30 July_:
>>> 
>>>   * 11:00 – 13:00 UTC
>>>   * 17:00 – 19:00 UTC (this call may need to be extended depending on
>>>     progress made)
>>> 
>>> Please look forward to calendar notices. The Agenda will follow later
>>> today.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Grace
>> [...]
>> 
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