Re: [ga] Re: [announce] Jonathan Cohen elected for 3 years term at the ICANN Board

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto.gaetano@voila.fr>]

William,

Personally, I don't like (easy) generalizations and I have a definite 
preference (that has caused me problems, and is still doing so!) to call
 people and things with firstname and lastname (literal translation from
 italian idiom = does it make sense in English?).

What do you mean by "DNSO"?
I did not have the impression that the GA (which is part of the DNSO, 
IMHO) had any role at all in the election. I cannot even remember a post
 of the old/new director to the GA list, neither evidence of him reading
 any of the stuff over here.

The real point is that it is time to revise the rules of the game. We 
experimented something with the DNSO, we have different opinions on its 
succesfulness, but maybe consensus on the need to revise its 
effectiveness/representativity. The elections, whose method is also to 
be analysed to check for improvement, are just one point among others.
BTW, on this subject, let me say loud and clear that I have no problem 
with the person elected but serious reservations on the method. As I 
said already, a subset of the NC (11 people are sufficient) can nominate
, endorse, and elect, not caring at all what everybody else in the DNSO 
thinks or does.

IMHO, this is a farce.
But the DNSO itself is not (still IMHO).
Therefore, the DNSO has to stand up and correct the situation before it 
collapses. The point is that, with the current system, the elected 
Director does not represent the DNSO, but just the NC (and maybe 3 or 4 
constituencies, at the most).

Regards
Roberto



>Hello Kristy,
>
>Friday, September 15, 2000, 1:14:01 PM, you wrote:
>
>> This is the saddest news I've read today.
>
>> I don't know whom the decision makers really are; but they should 
feel ashamed
>> right now, if not because they ought to; then because it is the 
feeling that
>> will be with them from here on out.
>
>Did anyone really expect any other result?  The DNSO is a captured
>body, and Cohen is their virtual poster boy.
>
>His "election" was a given I thought.
>
>
>-- 
>Best regards,
> William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com
>
>
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