Re: [ga] Vote on representation first

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dominik and all,

  Well now, how long are we or you, Joop, and Dr. Dierker going
to debate and/or argue which should be done first?

Dominik Filipp wrote:

> I would prefer having a chair and a co-chair too, and wouldn't go into
> the personal nomination election for now either.
>
> As for the competence of the future GA chair & co-chair representatives,
> the voting results over issues should be mandatory for the
> representatives and as such delegated to the outside world. The
> representatives, thanks to the natural credibility given by the voting
> public they represent, could therefore gain more respect from the ICANN
> representatives.
>
> I, personally, would start with clarifying the chair (co-chair)
> responsibilities and the subsequent voting on this. In the meantime, we
> could start considering the personal nominations.
>
> By the way, Joop, I like the overall web site look'n'feel, nicely
> done...
>
> Dominik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Joop Teernstra
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:11 AM
> To: Hugh Dierker
> Cc: ga
> Subject: Re: [ga] Vote on representation first
>
> At 12:42 p.m. 26/01/2007, Hugh Dierker wrote:
> >I propose that;
> >
> >First we vote to determine if we want elected representatives from the
> >GA to the outside world?
> >
> >If we get a no vote on that we fold up the tents and go on down the
> road.
> >
> >If we get a yes, we argue for awhile and come up with the structure we
> >want to vote on and the authority of the representatives.
> >
> >It seems to me to require a two step process so we don't get bogged
> >down before we even agree to have representatives.
> >
>
> Personally, I would vote Other and ask for a simultaneous chair and a
> co-chair election.
>
> We have all 5 days to argue and persuade our 21 voters what would be the
> best way to use this first ballot. :-)  Fun.
>
> Personally I think voting for a representative now is a bad idea; we
> don't yet know what we want it to mean. A representative of all the GA
> list subscribers? The physical attendees? Only of us, the 21 first
> voters? Of the typical individual DNS users? Etc.
>
> That would have to be polled first. The Chair could decide that poll's
> options.
>
> Without a chair (and a back-up chair) we will keep floundering.
>
> -joop-

Regards,

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