[council] GA

[Robin Gross]

Thanks for the clarification, Chuck.  If the GA list only needs from us 
its list rules approved, then let's do it as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Robin


Gomes, Chuck wrote:

>You cited the main difference Philip: The ALAC has a liaison on the
>Council.  Both are possible sources of input into the policy development
>process.  The ALAC at least in terms of design has the potential of
>representing many more individuals if it is successful.  Both in my
>opinion are relatively untested to date in terms of their
>representativeness of the individual user community.  The GA list
>members are trying to work on their legitimacy by applying some rules to
>the list; the ALAC is just now at a point where there are approved RALOs
>for all five regions so we will now see whether the At-Large structure
>will result in obtaining feedback from individual users all over the
>world and feed it back into policy development efforts.  Regardless of
>how effective either may be in representing a broad base of individual
>users, they are still avenues for input, something that is important in
>our bottom-up processes.
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>Chuck Gomes
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org 
>>[mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:07 AM
>>To: council at gnso.icann.org
>>Subject: [council] GA
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>>How do fellow Councillors understand the difference between 
>>the GA mail list (individuals) and the ALAC organisation 
>>(individuals) who have a liaison on Council?
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