Re: My DNSO review comment (Re: [ga] DNSO Review Committee)

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

I agree so much I intend to quote this post often.

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> To the point of the review comittee deliberations that says:
> 
> >-  Does the current constituency division minimize the effectiveness
> >     of the DNSO and NC?
> 
> Just for the record, I think that the constituency structure of the DNSO is 
> a fundamental reason for the DNSO's problems.
> 
> The constituency structure has led to:
> 
> - Polarization, as those who are in the DNSO to represent a constituency 
> feel obliged to serve that constituency's interests whether that makes 
> sense in a global context or not
> 
> - Underrepresentation, since many interested voices have trouble fitting 
> into one or another of the constituencies
> 
> - Overrepresentation, since many interested voices (Business and IP are the 
> most obvious) find themselves natural parts of several constituencies
> 
> - Misrepresentation, since the selection of a few people to act as 
> spokesmen for a constituency obscures the sometimes significant differences 
> of opinion within a constituency
> 
> I believe part of the problems the DNSO has had in reaching anything like a 
> consensus position on *anything* is rooted in the constituency structure.
> (It is also rooted in the presence of a number of very loud voices that 
> should, on the basis of democratic process, be heard, but where the owners 
> of the voices have neither the inclination nor the temperament to reach for 
> consensus. Reaching consensus in a loud environment will always be hard.)
> 
> The constituency structure is a failure and should be abandoned.
> 
>               Harald
> 
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