[council] Regarding working group membership

[Rosette, Kristina]

As a WG chair, I can say with absolute certainty that I would not want
to be responsible for determining if someone should be excluded.  That
decision will inevitably be challenged.   If the decision is upheld, the
time spent defending it is time I would rather spend on the WG's work
under the SoW.  If the decision is not upheld, it seems inevitable that
allegations of bias will be levied.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
On Behalf Of Thomas Keller
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:28 AM
To: Ross Rader
Cc: GNSO Council
Subject: Re: [council] Regarding working group membership

Couln't we just leave this to the chair of the WG who could make a
decision once it comes to it? Any decision that deals with "exluding"
someone from participation is not easy and should be done with as much
knowledge about the situation as possible.

Best,

tom

Am 01.03.2007 schrieb Ross Rader:
> 
> On 1-Mar-07, at 7:53 AM, Cary Karp wrote:
> 
> >If this applies without limit to the number of observers, a w.g.
> >meeting can easily end up with an unmanageably large number of 
> >attendees.
> 
> I think we should cross that bridge if we come to it. I have seen many

> fine examples where large numbers of participants are regularly able 
> to create consensus and move forward. An able chair and a reasonable 
> framework are the core requirements. We should try to ensure that both

> of those conditions are present in our work, rather than optimize 
> around inefficiencies such as poor frameworks and unable chairs at the

> expense of broadening participation.
> 
> Ross Rader
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Gruss,

tom

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