Re[2]: [ga] Motion to prepare for Chair elections

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 22:31 30/10/00 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:

>>>> 3. petition the Board for a Bylaw amendment that will give such a GA
>>>> elected Chair a legitimate role.
>>>
>>>#3 needs to be accomplished first.
>>>
>> No.
>
>We know, Joop, that you enjoy engaging in meaningless elections (like
>the election of reprentatives to the Names Council from the IDNO), but
>it really is pointless to hold a full election until we know for
>certain that such an election will be recognized as valid.
>

There is a deep philosophical difference between two points of view. What
WXW calls meaningless,  others  call bottom-up.
If this Assembly agrees to elect a Chair for itself and elects one, it is
this Assembly's valid choice.

If the NC does not recognize it as valid, that's the NC's problem.
A bottom-up election surely should provide guidance for the NC. :-)

If the NC wishes to appoint another Chair, as Harald says, we have a crisis.

If the Board agrees to amend the Bylaws on this specific point prior to 31
december , life will be made easier for the NC.
But we have to agree on how those amendments should look.
This could take a lot of discussion and is a useful avenue for those who
want to stall the GA. 

Electing a Chair, in comparison, is a simple matter.








--Joop Teernstra LL.M.--  
the Cyberspace Association and 
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.idno.org  

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