Re: [ga] just my quick input

[Veni Markovski <veni@xxxxxxxx>]

At 09:27 AM 13.12.2006 '?.'  -0500, kidsearch wrote:
> To Veni:
>
> Bottom up consensus is not a philosophical concept, Veni. It is a 
> mandate from the MoU and one of ICANN's founding principles. Amazing 
> to me all those long hours you say you spent on ICANN matters and 
> you still think bottom up consensus in regards to ICANN is just a 
> matter of philosophy and not something you should have been pursuing 
> as a member of the board.

Actually, Chris, if you have missed my e-mail from yesterday, that's 
exactly what I quoted:

"That's a more philosophical question; sometimes when I have time, I 
may write on it, but in the meantime, check Wikipedia for this, e.g. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making  (and note - I 
didn't say I agree with this article; I am just giving it a starting 
point to read on this). btw, this is also from the Wikipedia: "ICANN 
was charged with "Operating in a bottom up, consensus driven, 
democratic manner" by the US Department of Commerce in the Memorandum 
of Understanding that set up the relationship between ICANN and the 
US Government. However, the attempts that ICANN made to set up an 
organizational structure that would allow wide input from the global 
Internet community did not work well; the At-Large constituency and 
direct election of board members by the global Internet community 
were soon abandoned "
(off topic: This is a good task for people like you - to see how to 
provide solution to the problems with the first elections, and see 
whether elections can be implemented again)"

Interesting - you quote again what suits you, and not the facts.



Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
http://www.veni.com

check also my blog:
http://blog.veni.com