Re: [ga] GA Chairman election

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

Hi, Kendall.

>I was actually suggesting that if ICANN (and the GA of the DNSO) really
 
>wanted the "ground-up" approach they always claim that they do -- they 

>should start to hold more public elections. Too often the elections 
take 
>place on conference calls and we read about the results later.

To the best of my knowledge the GA has never taken decisions on 
conference calls. In fact, we never had any conference calls at all.
About ICANN, I cannot judge, but I can tell you that I am surely not 
happy about the situation.

>
>Is their any reason that the @Large Membership can't vote on other 
issues 
>*besides* the Board Members? ICANN has already spent plenty of money to
 set 
>it up, sent out the snail-mail letters and upgrade the servers to 
handle 
>the traffic.  I think that we tend to overlook many of the resources 
that 
>have already set up and paid for --  usually wasting time creating 
brand 
>new resources only to be used once.

The reason is in the Bylaws, that assign this role to the atLarge.
Anyway, there is a lot of discussion going on, in particular in Europe 
in the European AtLarge list, about the role of the atLarge membership. 
And, BTW, there may be some relationship btw AL and GA.
For those who will go to the ICANN meeting, there will be a session on 
the AtLarge, with participation of the newly elected Directors, on 
Sunday 12.
The election of 5 Directors is the beginning. We don't know what will be
 the future.

Regards
Roberto

>
>Just my opinion though.
>
>Kendall
>
>
>At 08:35 AM 10/31/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>>Kendall,
>>
>> >I thought that this is what they set up @Large Membership for...
>>
>>???
>>I think we are talking about two different things.
>>AtLarge is electing some (5 and hopefully 9 in the future) ICANN Board

>>Directors.
>>What we are discussing is the election of the GA Chairperson.
>>
>>Regards
>>Roberto
>
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