[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Consolidated results of informal poll constituting preliminary consensus call on Options A-C

[George Kirikos]

I think the comments within this survey are quite telling. Those who
are in favour of option A (and opposing option C) have very strong and
fully considered views, which they can explain and support with facts
and reasoning. Compare that to those expressing support for C (and
opposing A/B). They make statements like:

"Fair and balanced" (supporting C)
"DOA at Council" (opposing A)

bereft of credible reasoning.

This demonstrates that it's fear-mongering by the co-chairs and
political motivations that led some to switch from Option 1 (now
Option A) to Option C (formerly Option 2), rather than anything based
on new facts or new analysis. Given this, it explains the refusal by
the co-chairs to attach names to those who are supporting Option C --
there's no expectation of privacy here --- everyone must vote publicly
when it comes down to a final consensus call, and should have been
able to publicly explain why they supported Option C in this
preliminary survey.

In the book "Principles" by Ray Dalio that I'm reading, he writes
about how decisions at Bridgewater go through what's called
"believability-weighted decision making", see some discussion of that
at:

http://www.businessinsider.com/bridgewater-ray-dalio-legacy-2017-9

I think that is a wise approach, whereby votes that are backed by
sound logic, facts, experience, and reasoning should be weighted much
higher than votes that lack those attributes and which are instead
fear-driven and thus are not believable.

It's been said that "One man with courage makes a majority." Hopefully
it does not have to come to that.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
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> As noted on the Working Group call yesterday, please find attached the
> consolidated results of the informal poll that was conducted regarding
> Working Group member preferences as among Options A, B and C.
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> Individual Working Group members – especially those who provided specific
> comments as part of their poll response – are invited to add any relevant
> background and further thoughts to this email.
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> Thanks and cheers
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> Mary
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