RE: [council] GA

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

The combination of new gTLDs + Whois + domain tasting has exhausted my
current Councilor bandwidth.  I propose that we defer action until at
least after September 6.

Kristina Rosette

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:05 AM
To: Philip Sheppard; GNSO Council
Subject: RE: [council] GA

What does it mean that an organization exists?  Is organizational
existence defined by the ICANN Bylaws?  In other words, if an
organization is not defined in the Bylaws, it does not exist?  If so and
if we only responded to requests from Bylaws defined organizations, then
we would not be able to respond to most organizations and the bottom-up
policy development process would not work.

According to the Bylaws, the primary responsibility of the Council is to
manage the policy development process.  Providing forums for input into
that process seems to me to be a very legitimate means of fulfilling
that responsibility.  And if we restrict those forums to existing
constituencies, then we are limiting input, unless of course we think
the constituency structure is perfect.

Chuck Gomes
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:15 AM
> To: 'GNSO Council'
> Subject: [council] GA
> 
> 
> It is clear we cannot respond to organisations that do not exist.
> The Board has abolished the General Assembly of the DNSO.
> 
> The GA today is a mailing list for anyone in the world who wants to be

> on it.
> I am informed that there was an election for a mailing list chairman 
> and the only nominee was the one who proposed the idea of an election.
> In the election of April 2007 of the 200 or so mailing list 
> subscribers, 10 voted and the winner got 7 votes for and 2 against.
> 
> This is clearly an issue for the wider ICANN reform.
> Lets focus on our policy priorities.
> 
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