Re: [ga] Re: Task Force appointees, MOTION

[Eric Dierker <eric@HI-TEK.COM>]

This is a well reasoned post as it regards the GA. (I venture not opinion
on the issue of the IDNO)  We are still in the process of building a
structure for ICANN and the GA.  We are just establishing the foundation
and that takes tough decisions by persons in authority.  Demanding that we
want everything perfect right now is not conducive to progress.  I do not
think the William or I like this method of selecting delegates but we
realize that for now it is a good process.  And far better than a stalemate
while we demand total democracy but have not yet achieved it - if we
should.

It is important to remember we are on a bit of mission creep extending into
these policy issues and we should be mindful that generally a sophisticated
technical body/professional body is not run democratically except in the
election of their rulers - not delegates.

Peace

Eric

William X Walsh wrote:

> Thursday, Thursday, October 18, 2001, 4:35:57 PM, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>
> > It is one of the problems of cyber democracy that we run the risk of
> > nominating and electing people that we barely know.
>
> There are certain circumstances that lend themselves to being decided
> by direct voting, and others that don't.
>
> We don't have to vote on each and every little thing.  The chair is
> there for a reason, we don't rule the GA by majority vote, but by
> consensus.  The Chair's job is to appoint those whose will represent
> the GA's views in those positions.
>
> If he decides that, time permitting, he will open the process up for
> nominations and/or a vote, that is great, but to claim that we must
> vote on every single appointment and every single decision, turns us
> into the worst kind of bureaucracy, the kind where nothing gets done
> because the process becomes to onerous.
>
> The IDNO charter is a perfect example of that kind of a process.
>
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