[council] GA
Avri Doria
avri at psg.com
Tue Aug 21 12:49:18 UTC 2007
Hi,
All this considered, we as a council are still responsible for the GA
list. I am a subscriber and watched the process of developing these
rules, though as a member of the council did not actively participate
or vote on them. I did see a well ordered process, in developing
these rules.
I think the thing that we should do at this point is indicate that
they can moderate the list based on the rules they suggest. This
takes the issue of how we deal with this responsibility of ours off
the table for the moment. I do not think we need to get into
discussing their self identity as a group, or their election
processes. that is actually a board issue in any case. Our only
responsibility is the list and its behavior as a list; i.e. mostly
its netiquette.
I admit that it is not one of our more pressing policy issues despite
being a responsibility, that is why i was hoping to deal with this
quickly and in a way that did not seem to create any de-facto
realities or accept any new responsibilities. As I see it, there is a
list, it is our responsibility to moderate it and this is one way to
do it - let them make rules and see how it goes.
a.
Incidentally, a disclosure: Before I was elected GNSO chair, I was
already a subscriber and did vote in the decision to hold an election
vote. Since becoming chair, I have distanced myself from active
participation. Personally, I would like to see the list make
something of itself.
On 21 aug 2007, at 04.14, Philip Sheppard wrote:
>
> It is clear we cannot respond to organisations that do not exist.
> The Board has abolished the General Assembly of the DNSO.
>
> The GA today is a mailing list for anyone in the world who wants to
> be on it.
> I am informed that there was an election for a mailing list
> chairman and the only nominee
> was the one who proposed the idea of an election.
> In the election of April 2007 of the 200 or so mailing list
> subscribers, 10 voted and the
> winner got 7 votes for and 2 against.
>
> This is clearly an issue for the wider ICANN reform.
> Lets focus on our policy priorities.
>
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