[ga] Re: Whereas, the Board is not persuaded...

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

Again Danny missed my point entirely.  Not all that surprising, however.

The point being stated a bit differently Danny is that the BoD is a
public
servant, non-elected body in non-profit california corporation
contracted
to DOC/NTIA with requirements to the public in which it serves.  Hence
therefore, Vint or any other BoD member need not be convinced of
anything, but act in accordance with the wishes of the Internet
community.
The only outstanding proviso to that is what is the "Internet community"

and whom comprises same?

Therefore Vint or any other BoD member need not be "Convinced"
of anything but does need to know what the wishes of the yet to be
accurately defined or excepted, "Internet Community", are.  Than
act accordingly. WE as members of the Internet community have
a responsibility to be sure that ICANN and all it's BoD members
know what our wishes are and follow thru to be sure that the BoD
acts in accordance with those wishes.  Hence a means of effecting
this adequately, which still does not exist as part of ICANN's
structure nor is a unfettered means of providing said input/wishes
available  or allowed by the ICANN Bod and staff to date.  Hence
no bottom-up decision making mechanism that is unfettered and open
leads to no bottom-up decisions.

Danny Younger wrote:

> Jeff writes:  "Why should Vint need to be convinced?"
>
> Perhaps Jeff has forgotten this remark that resulted
> in the loss of all at-large directors:  "Whereas, the
> Board is not persuaded that global elections are the
> only or the best means of achieving meaningful public
> representation or the informed participation of
> Internet users in the ICANN process"
>
> The Board and Vint in particular need to be convinced
> otherwise the consequences for our community may be
> dire, once again.
>
> The Board at present is a collection of individuals
> from diverse backgrounds, many of whom are uneducated
> with respect to the history of the subject matter at
> hand.
>
> For example, Joi Ito writes on his blog:  "I think
> that on the issue of whether there should be new
> gTLD... I think it's a complicated issue that involves
> many constituents and experts and I for one do not
> have a strong view until I hear the opinions and
> recommendations of the many people working on this
> question now. The difficulty is that there are so many
> good arguments for just about every theory... Sorry
> about my lack of opinion on this issue. It is one that
> I am trying desperately to become more educated in."
>
> Those members of the Board with little knowledge of
> the debate on the rationale for new TLDs will tend to
> hearken to those members of the Board with a technical
> background (like their Chairman, Vint).  They will
> tend to follow his guidance if their own minds haven't
> come to a definitive conclusion.  That is why it is
> important to convince Vint.  He is a leader, and
> people do tend to follow the leader.
>
> It is not sufficient to state "there should be new
> TLDs".  If you want new TLDs, the rationale for such,
> along with the arguments to counter the opposing
> position, must be thoroughly detailed... otherwise
> you'll just run into another Board resolution that
> begins with, "Whereas, the Board is not persuaded..."
>
> __

Regards,

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