Re: CONSENSUS? [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating rule

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 11:11:03AM -0600, Weisberg wrote:
> 
> The issue of legitimacy is quite real.

Yes, but you overlook a very fundamental question.  Legitimacy with
whom?

> The SO  and ALM elected
> representatives can speak with a higher level of authority than those
> appointed without such processes.

That is a point to be proven, not an axiom.  Arguably, the initial board
members were chosen for their objectivity, for their ability to stand 
above the fray.  If that objectivity has high value, then the initial 
board members are the ones with higher authority.

> The "initial board" was named on an
> interim basis for lack of available alternatives.  The need for their
> continued service passed with the creation of the SOs and the ALM.

Actually, a reasonable measure of the need for their continued service
is the job that needs to get done.  Since the initial board members are 
the ones with the greatest experience in the running of ICANN, absent 
any evidence of wrongdoing or incompetence, there is no reason to hurry 
to get rid of them.  And there is no evidence of either wrongdoing or 
incompetence -- in fact, the initial board has done a remarkable job.


-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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