[CCWG-ACCT] RES: Stress Test 18: bylaw amendment suggestion

Mueller, Milton L milton at gatech.edu
Fri Nov 13 02:48:24 UTC 2015


1.     Do you think it is OK to ignore our position?
No I don't and I don't. But to me, the multistakeholdermodel does not mean that ALL stakeholders ALWAYS get ALL their wishes fulfilled. Would be nice, but does not work. Which the GAC realized, so they shifted. Nice to haves, should haves, must haves...

Roelof:
It's odd that you are saying that to me. Have you said it to your GAC friends? Yes, indeed, no one gets all that they want. That applies to GAC as well as to any other stakeholder, doesn't it?

I don't think you are correct that the GAC has shifted its position. If it can redefine consensus to move away from true consensus (no objection) to some kind of a majority, it is still trying to retain the potential to offer by-law privileged "advice" without having the assent of all governments. This is just playing a word game, not changing its position.

The consensus requirement is not a nice to have or a should have, it is a must have - not only for us (NCSG) but for the transition as a whole. Any deviation from that will kill the transition in the U.S. Congress. There is no doubt about this.

NCSG has shown a willingness to adjust its position on AC participation in the community mechanism. The GAC must face reality and adjust its position too, or be left behind. If the GAC is left behind because of its inconsistency and intransigence, it will be no use whining that we are ignoring "a major stakeholder group" - they are ignoring the consensus. If they are going to be in the community mechanism as part of the sole designator, they must have real consensus behind their advice.

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