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Re: [council] RAA amendment process
Hi,
On 13 Jan 2009, at 08:39, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
I just which someone on
the Council could explain to me why we would not have been better off
approving the current RAA amendments as they are rather than delaying
them along with other possible future changes. I haven't heard
anything
yet that makes sense to me from a practical point of view. Are there
any of the proposed changes that would not be at least as good as
those
in the existing RAA? I understand other frustrations but in my
opinion
they don't justify delaying some improvements any further than we have
to.
I too voted for the RAA amendment and to some extent have similar
views - something was better then nothing.
But,some very good reasons given by those who abstained or voted no.
One important reason given was that they found the process flawed.
Without agreeing that it necessarily was flawed, it is something that
you and I probably should have realized much earlier - that without
great advance work they possibly would at least appear flawed - and we
all know what is said about appearances and reality.
There is also another reason often given by people against accepting
the incomplete and imperfect as at least some improvement, and that
it that in the long run we will satisfy ourselves with the incomplete
- there is often nothing so permanent as a temporay solution. And
this can hold despite the fact that we had a follow-up motion
indicating we should continue the work. This is one reason I have
started sometimes putting the 'continue to work motions' before
policy decision vote.
Another reason some may have taken for voting against, was the very
nature of the implementation. Again we all should have understood
that this was an issue of amending contracts at renewal time and not a
consensus policy within the picket fence, much earlier in the process.
Though I am sure that some on the council did understand. As chair and
v-chair together with the policy staff, we should have realized there
was a gap or difference in understanding the implications of a
contract amendment and should have brought it into the light earlier.
At this point, the question does become: What do we, as a council,
wish to do next about the RAA? Are we at the point where we need an
issues report to try and take us back to ground 0. Can we put
together a PDP that will recommend consensus policy changes where that
is the legitimate course and that recommends contract changes in place
outside the range of consensus policy. Can an issues report be
written that makes these categories and which issues belong in which
category clear to the council and community?
Another thing we obviously need to know is the implication for the
amendments given the council not having approved them by a
supermajoriy. E.g. are some registrars likely to adopt them anyway?
Can they do so if they wish - assuming the RrC believes they are good
amendments? What recourse does the board have at this point?
thanks
a.
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