RE: [ga] Increased foreign attendance

["Debbie Garside" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Roberto 

> I would like to offer a different perspective.
> Businesses belong to the Business Constituency of the GNSO. 
> That constituency is one of the 6 in the Council. In the Name 
> Council you have also the NomCom representatives, and two 
> constituencies (Registries and
> Registrars) have weighted voting.
> So, they count in the Council for slightly more than 10% of 
> the voting.
> The current GNSO-elected Board Directors come from the IPC 
> and Registrars, and the former came from NCUC. Previous 
> Directors also came, if I am not mistaken, from IPC or 
> Registrars. So the Business Constituency as such has zero 
> power on the Board.

> The ALAC, on the contrary, has a non-voting Liaison. Although 
> the Liaison does not have a vote, I can assure you, for 
> having been ALAC Liaison for 3+ years, that his/her voice is 
> heard and taken into account. In simple words, the Liaison 
> does not have the power of voting, but does have the power of 
> directly influencing, during Board meetings. Of course, if 
> the Liaison is only complaining and bitching, he/she will no 
> longer be listened to, while if he/she is available to debate 
> in a civilized way, there is wide room for being able to have 
> ALAC's points of view taken into account in shaping the final 
> decision.

This reflects my experience within other Boards and committees. 
> 
> On the same line of reasonment, maybe we could wonder whether 
> there is a correlation between the fact that most of what 
> goes on now in the GA is complaining or resuscitating issues 
> that are long closed and the fact that the Board does not pay 
> attention. 

I noticed.

Or whether there is a correlation between the fact 
> that whenever somebody new does not conform to the groupthink 
> he/she gets attacked and the fact that very few newcomers 
> resist in the GA for long.

I noticed this too ;-)  But I am thick skinned and it is water off a ducks
back. My main problem is time - as I am sure is the problem for most.  If I
have to wade through the mud to get to the meat it rather puts me off. 

I am hoping that after this little flurry of activity members of this forum
will think before they post and knuckle down to forming some real objectives
in a constructive (as opposed to destructive) way.

Best regards

Debbie


> 
> Best regards,
> Roberto
> 
> 
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