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Re: [ga] Robert's Rules of Order
At 21:06 08/02/2001 -0600, Bruce James wrote:
>Posted to: wg-d@dnso.org
>Posted on: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:49:52 -0700
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>Robert's Rules of Order,
>As Adapted and Revised to Accommodate Electronic Bodies
some points, which may show why I think a drafting comittee is needed....
- this body does not adjourn. It can only be closed by a change of the
ICANN bylaws.
- this body, unlike physical parliamentary bodies, consists of members who
are continuously present, but not listening synchronously. This makes the
issue of timing, especially of votes on motions, critical. And different;
any idea of a vote in less than 24 hours is ridiculous on this spinning
globe, and one can argue that a vote with a deadline of less than a week is
abusive.
- the above point makes for real problems with raising points of order in
the form of motions to be voted on, of course.
- this body has the ability to conduct multiple discussions at the same
time. This is a natural consequence of the choice of email as its medium.
However, as we have all seen, threads interfere with each other.
- any electronic process conducted by people on part time is very open to
abuses if the process says that certain nontrivial things "must" be done
when called for.
The technical term for this is called "denial of service attack".
I think the input is valuable, but I do think we need that drafting committee.
Are you volunteering?
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Personal email: Harald@Alvestrand.no
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