Re: [wg-review] 4. [GA] Draft Text Clarification

[Eric Dierker <Eric@HI-TEK.COM>]

An insult hurts a person, a motion hurts a cause, a Blitzkrieg hurts the process,
apathy hurts everyone, I apologize for all.(ed)

A few Neutral thoughts toward education.

Greg Burton wrote:

> Dear WG-Review members,
>
> After reading through some of the comments here and on the GA list, and
> considering the draft TF report, the WG-D preliminary report and Kent
> Crispin's comments on the need for small, flexible working groups, I'd like
> to submit the following text for adoption as part of the Working Group's
> report.
> --------------------------
> If the constituency structure of the DNSO remains unchanged, we urge that
> the ICANN Board of Directors replace Article VI-B Section 4 with the
> following text:
>
> (a) The GA shall be an open forum for participation in the work of the DNSO,
> This work includes but is not limited to work item proposal and
> development; discussion of work items proposed by the Names Council;
> draft document preparation; research on topics of interest to the DNSO; and
> recommendations of policies and procedures for the internal use of the
> DNSO. Adopted reports or recommendations of the GA shall be passed to the
> Names Council in a timely manner.
>
> (b) The GA shall be open to all who are willing to contribute effort to the
> work of the DNSO. Participants in the GA should be individuals who have a
> knowledge of and an interest in issues pertaining to the areas for which
> the DNSO has primary responsibility.
>
> (c) Membership in the GA shall consist of those individuals listed in the
> GA Voting Registry.

Who determines this?

>
>
> (d) Participants in the GA shall nominate, pursuant to procedures adopted
> by the NC and approved by the Board, persons to serve on the Board in those
> seats reserved for the DNSO.
>

Why did you switch from membership to participants?  And why are the procedures
determined by the NC?

>
> (e) Officers of the GA shall include a chair, a co-chair, and an ombudsman.
> Officers of the GA shall be elected annually according to the voting
> procedures adopted by the GA and approved by the NC.
>

Where does this "approved by the NC come from?"  Check out the "SOs" they do not
have parental guidance.

>
> (f) The Officers of the GA shall be members of the Names Council.
>
> (g) The ombudsman shall be responsible for investigating process issues
> within the DNSO, including but not limited to conflicts involving the Names
> Council as a whole. The ombudsman shall report directly to the ICANN Board
> of Directors.

Excuse me, I would much rather they report to the GA.

>
>
> (h) Each constituency formed under Article VI-B Section 3 of these bylaws
> shall select one member as the constituency observer to the GA. Each observer
> will be responsible for informing their constituency of the GA's current
> activities on a timely basis.
>

That is with the constituency charters not within the GA.  Why all this self
imposed coalition with the commercial oriented constituencies.

>
> (i) The GA shall meet physically at least once a year, if possible in
> conjunction with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board. To the maximum
> extent practicable, all meetings should be available for online attendance
> as well as physical attendance.
>
> (j) The costs of physical GA meetings shall be the responsibility of the DNSO,
> which may levy an equitable, cost-based fee on GA attendees to recoup those
> costs. There shall be no other fees required to participate in the GA. The
> costs of GA mailing lists or other online mechanisms for performing the
> work of the GA shall be the responsibility of the DNSO.
>

Let us be prudent here on poor people lest the new Secretary overseeing our
activities, Powell, think there is a divide. IP people stay at the Waldorf and GA
at the Y.

>
> (k) The GA shall adopt it's internal procedures as it sees fit, so long as
> they are fair, transparent, and consistent with these by-laws.
>
> (l) Upon application by no less than five members of the GA, the Chair of
> the GA may recognize a Special Interest Group (SIG). Upon such recognition,
> a SIG shall have a mailing list created by the Secretariat of the DNSO.
> Each SIG shall have a clearly defined interest area, and shall produce
> regular reports for the GA's consideration in that area. Each application
> shall contain a definition of the interest area; a SIG name; and the SIG's
> method for self-organization.
>

You got me on this last one, Please explain.

> ----------------------
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
> sidna@feedwriter.com
>
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