Re: [council] Emergency Reminder about the GA's Chair nominationprocedures

[KathrynKL@aol.com]

I have reviewed the proposals and see a number of similarities, etc.  I think 
they can mostly be reconciled.  My real concern here is that as a Names 
Council, we decline invitation to step in and provide the authentication and 
pollwatching services ourselves.  In the long run, I think it will help the 
GA and the DNSO more if we teach the GA to handle authentication and 
pollwatching committees on its own --through the appointment of independent 
neutrals.

In the proposals:  I do see a role for neutrals to review the names on the GA 
lists for redundancy/lives in being etc. (see proposal of 
R.Gaetano@iaea.org).  I also think there is a role for a neutral pollwatching 
committee (see proposal of J.Weinberg which seems to expand on, but be 
slightly different from the proposal of Roberto's).

But I would like to recommend that we don't take the easy way and appoint 
ourselves -- members of the Names Council to this/these groups.  Let's see if 
we can find some neutrals -- perhaps leaders of other Supporting 
Organizations -- to work with the GA on authentication/poll watching.  If we 
do, we will be viewed as the good guys who took the high ground. 

Kathy Kleiman



> Please consider the 5 proposals received, and select the
>  nomination mecanism for the GA's Chair.
>  To be achieved in next 52 hours (we forgot Thanksgiving holiday,
>  I am really sorry and I appologize to the US collegues in the NC).
>  
>  Elisabeth
>  
>  | Selection of the nomination mechanism by the Names Council 
>  | close November 26, 18:00 CET 
>  |
>  | Archives of received proposals
>  | http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-procedures/Archives/maillist.html
>