Re: [ga] GA self organisation by Chair

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew,
 
The answer is two fold. Formally this is desired by all. see: 
http://www.geolang.com/draftGAListRules5.htm   ;
Section XX.5.9 of the ICANN bylaws and Section X.3.4  
GNSO Council resolution 20070906-2 ;; 
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#20070906-2
 
The wierd part is how it is opposed. Basically the Registrant community does 
not want it and they make up the highest participation and membership level 
here on the GA.  Why they do not want it is rather complicated and varied.  If 
the GA be organized and sanctioned and began producing consensus position 
papers and the like, it would be in the area of the consumer of the products of 
the Registrant community.  That may not bode well for them.
Another issue is dilution. Many in the regristrant group do not want anything 
taken off the table for their group if and when in this next decade they can 
form a "constituency".
Now historically we have seen a great deal of capture in registrant activity, 
this is a leading cause of their failure to organize. I call it individual 
egos. 
 
So basically any attempt to organize here is met with really nasty insider 
sabotage, like 20 year old rumors and charactar assasination of leaders, and 
threats against voting. And of course your general folks who do not understand 
the founding process and so demand perfection prior to participation. Also we 
will always have the polywogs versus the engineers that creates a divide that 
dissuades participation.
 
Hope that helps. Of course it is a condensing of the last decade, and is 
written by a definately battered and questionably legitimate chair who gets 
paid only by the pirate booty he scan scavange.

--- On Sat, 5/8/10, Andrew McMeikan <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Andrew McMeikan <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ga] GA self organisation
To: "ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:12 AM



Just putting a question out.  Does anyone actually oppose the self
organizing of this GA into a self moderating, self electing body
that still operates under GNSO structure but on independent
infrastructure.

Just wondering how many problems there would be with this.


    cya,    Andrew...