Re: [ga] primary objectives of the General Assembly mailing list

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joop and all,

  I concur fully.  In fact we have all been witnessing some of that
from Debbie and Dr. Dierker already.  Declaring a consensus
does not a consensus make.  Nor does silence indicate agreement
of disagreement, it only indicates nothing what so ever.

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 05:43 a.m. 26/07/2007, Debbie Garside wrote:
> >  Hi Danny
> >
> >I know we haven't adopted them yet but the draft Rules for Participation
> >state the following:
> >
> >----
> >
> >The primary objectives of the General Assembly mailing list are as follows:
> >
> >- to ascertain and represent the consensual views of the ordinary citizen as
> >a collective as pertaining to the business of the GNSO and ICANN
> >
> >----
>
> Good thing that this Korean issue comes up now to throw the proposed new
> mission statement of the GA in the spotlight.
> Frankly, I'm a bit worried about any mechanism that purports "to ascertain
> and represent the consensual views of the ordinary citizen as
> a collective" if it isn't based on voting and counting.
>
> Or was that what you meant, Debbie?
>
> -joop-

Regards,

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