Re: [ga] Re: Text of the motion...

[William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>]

Saturday, May 04, 2002, 8:17:00 AM, jeanette hofmann wrote:

> On 3 May 2002, at 18:34, William X Walsh wrote:

>> Friday, May 03, 2002, 3:00:26 PM, jeanette hofmann wrote:
>> 
>> > I support a rebid not because I expect the DOC to generate or 
>> > negotiate a better structure next time but rather because the 
>> > current ICANN structure lacks any form of accountability. Rebids
>> > might be a way of compensating for this severe shortcoming. In the
>> > unlikely case that we succeed in achieving a rebid, ICANN's 
>> > successor might be less indifferent with regard to proper procedure
>> > and consensus assertions.
>> 
>> Which is all fine and dandy, but the GA is not the proper vehicle for
>> it.

> According to its bylaws ICANN has no members. There is no 
> formally accepted At Large membership. What other channel for 
> expressing distrust would you suggest?

Create a petition, form an organization, issue your own statements.

The GA is not the place for it.

> Moreover, in Accra I have lost the belief in the healing 
> power of substantive bottom-up structures within the current ICANN 
> framework.  

So that makes it ok to destroy the GA for those who do not want to
give up on the GA, because you have lost belief?

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