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Re: Utter incompatance was:Re: [ga] So far, 28 poll answers logged

Jeff and all DNSO'ers,

  It does appear that this is so.  Terribly unfortunate.  I only wonder where
the NTIA oversight is here?

Jeff Williams wrote:

> David and all,
>
>   It also seems that this "Incompetence Virus" is a very virile and
> debilitating
> little bug.  It has spread to nearly all of the DNSO Constituencies as most
> of them are relatively inactive presently, with the exception of the IDNO.
> The DNSO and the ICANN Board are terribly infected by this Virus.
>
> Dnsipv6@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Roberto and everybody else,
> >
> >   You know very well Roberto that the ICANN Bylaws specifically
> > state that the ICANN Board must accept the recommendations of the
> > DNSO, that is why it is called the Domain Name supporting organization
> > after all.  Please don't purposefully mislead members of this list in this
> > manner.  If indeed you are not doing so than you have displayed
> > clearly that you have a very poor grasp as to what is in the ICANN
> > Bylaws...
> >
> > David "Dude" Jenson
> > INEGRoup-East Director
> >
> > In a message dated 1/24/00 10:20:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > roberto.gaetano@voila.fr writes:
> >
> > << Kent,
> >
> >  You wrote:
> >  >
> >  >Good point.  The votebot is really intended for formal votes, and for
> >  >that reason it may never be appropriate for the GA, since according to
> >
> >  >the bylaws the GA is not a decision making body.
> >  >
> >
> >  I disagree.
> >
> >  We have to distinguish between the fact of conducting a vote and how
> >  binding the result of the vote will be for "third parties".
> >  Even if the Bylaws do not assign formal decisional power to the GA, we
> >  cannot assume that there will never be a "delegated" power to the GA for
> >   decision making and/or that the "decisions" of the GA will not have a
> >  political impact on the NC and/or other decisional instances of ICANN.
> >
> >  To be clear, under the current circumstances, a handful of people
> >  expressing an opinion on a subject could hardly be seen as an event that
> >   can affect ICANN decisions in any way, so I agree with you in this case
> >  , the voting procedure is a red herring.
> >  OTOH, should the GA have a membership of the order of the thousands
> >  (just an example), it would be irresponsible not to have peocedures that
> >   ensure proper voting because even a simple opinion poll may have heavy
> >  political ripercussions.
> >
> >  >
> >  >The votebot will show current results any time you send it a tally
> >  >command.  I also added a web template that will show the current state
> >
> >  >of the vote a while back.
> >  >
> >
> >  In this case, I stand corrected.
> >
> >  >[...]
> >
> >  Regards
> >  Roberto
> >   >>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
> Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!)
> CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
> Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
> E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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James Touton
Legal and Policy Advisory Council,
INEGRoup (Stakeholder)

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