Re: [ga] Re: [announce] Jonathan Cohen elected for 3 years term at the ICANN Board

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto.gaetano@voila.fr>]

Kent,

>
>This would likely be the case no matter what.  I do not forsee any
>likely future where the various constituencies, current or imagined, 
are
>going to magically agree -- any election will be carried by a simple
>majority of the constituencies, with the angry losers growling and 
>snapping afterwards.

That's exactly the point.
The result of the election is determined by the simple majority of the 
Constituencies. The function of the GA is non-existent, as the 
collection of a nomination and 10 endorsements can easily be done by the
 NC reps of said "simple majority of the Constituencies".

My point is that the GA should have a meaningful role (for instance to 
determine who are the first (n) nominees to be forwarded to NC).
Otherwise, we may eliminate the joke/farce of the endorsement 
altogether.


  Pity that more people can't emulate Peter de 
>Blanc's elegant and constructive "thank you" message.

If you are addressing this remark at me, there is a misunderstanding. I 
have no problem at all with the person that has been elected (I thought 
I made it clear, but apparently not enough), I have a problem with the 
"process". And this is the same problem I had last year (please refer to
 the archives). Obviously, I would have had the same problem if a 
different person would have been elected, Peter, or Jamie, or anybody 
else.

Regards
Roberto
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