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Original post from: Dr. Nii N. Quaynor
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:27:54 -0000
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc00/msg00087.html
Hi Tony,
The concept of control in the referenced context seems inappropriate since it
suggests capture, one of the very things the bylaws attempt to avoid. There
seems to be intended a carefully crafted balance between consensus building
facilitators (names council) and the consensus body (general assembly) in the
portion of the bylaws you've quoted.
To answer you directly, all the work to be done may be done by the GA and
much of it may be initiated by the GA as well, in the steady state. Here's a
quote from the dnso link that captures this:
"(c) Constituencies or GA participants may propose that the NC consider
domain name policies
or recommendations. If the NC undertakes consideration of a domain name
topic, or if a
Constituency so requests, the NC shall designate one or more research or
drafting committees,
or working groups of the GA, as appropriate to evaluate the topic, and shall
set a time frame
for the report of such committee or working group."
So one may conclude that the GA can:
1. Initiate new topics for Working groups to consider;
2. Be members of the Working Groups;
3. Accept updates and reports from current Working Groups
4. Do *anything else it wants to do* not assigned to others in the DNSO
constituencies, which in their opinion advances the cause of the DNSO. For
example, the GA may develop a position on the ICANN budget or on the fee
structure to fund ICANN, etc.
In addition, this section of the ICANN bylaws specifically dealing with the
GA states:
"Section 4: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(a) The GA shall be an open forum for participation in the work of the DNSO,
and open to all who are willing to contribute effort to the work of the DNSO.
The participants in the GA should be individuals who have a knowledge of and
an interest in issues pertaining to the areas for which the DNSO has primary
responsibility, and who are willing to contribute time, effort and expertise
to the work of the
DNSO, including work item proposal and development, discussion of work items,
draft document preparation, and participation in research and drafting
committees and working groups. "
This suggests that the real work gets done in the open forum, where
participation in the work of the DNSO would occur. So, may be its not so much
what would the GA do which is not already being done by the NC but more so
that the NC cannot possibly do all the work in isolation and requires the
open forum of the GA to do its work.
Regards,
Nii
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