[council] Re: . ORG Straw Poll

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>]

Joop,
>
>Thank you, Roberto for  your tabulation of the opinions expressed by named
>GA members. It was a lot of work.
>
>I hope you do not consider the additional anonymous straw poll that is
>currently up in the Polling Booth premature (i.e. not sufficiently
>discussed), but if you would kindly encourage GA members to use the poll
>(and the comment line) at www.democracy.org.nz/vote1/ we will have
>additional input to give to the NC and the Board on this highly charged
>subject.
>The additional advantage is that you don't have to do the counting work. 
>:-)
>

I have nothing against the straw poll in the polling booth, but, at present, 
I cannot consider it as the officila result of the GA.
I hope you understand that, as a Chairman of the GA of the DNSO, I have to 
make sure that all official facts (and a straw poll, even in its 
informality, becomes an official fact when the results are communicated) are 
managed by the DNSO officials (Chair, AltChair, Secretariat, ...) and not by 
voluntary individuals, even if they happen to have the best intentions in 
the world, and if their help would be greatly appreciated.
I think that, once we can divert resources and attention from the main 
issues we are covering in this period (VeriSign contract, Chair election, 
.org charter, ...), we will have to define the best "straw poll" procedure. 
Maybe then your poll booth (or any other solution proposed by any other 
member), provided that sufficient guarantees are given that the DNSO 
Secretariat (or other DNSO/GA appointed body) can access and monitor the 
flow of data and the results, may turn out useful.
But this is not a decision that the Chairman can take: it needs discussion 
and vote by the GA.

For the time being, I have no other solution than counting ballots :<(

Regards
Roberto


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