Re: [ga] Final draft of proposed mailing list rules

[IDNO Bootstrap <idno@tallship.net>]

Yeah, That's basically the understanding I came away with. Just wanted to
make sure that I wasn't the only person who had that perception. 

Thanks.

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Ellen Rony wrote:

> On 1/18/00, Bradley D. Thornton wrote:
> 
> >I thought that membership in the GA was defined as this list as well as
> >several others, including the Working Groups? At least that's what I
> >recall from the election.
> >
> >Does the definition of "GA" change depending upon whether the NC wants
> >ghosts to nominate candidates?
> 
> It seems so.  I believe the definition of the GA was changed "for voting
> purposes only" so that people who are on the constituency lists could
> participate in the nomination of ICANN board members. Those constituencies
> already have power by virtue of their 3-member representation on the Names
> Council, who actually elect the three ICANN board members.  This
> duplication of power further diminished any meaningful role the GA might
> have in the DNSO, IMHO.
> 
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