Re: [ga] What is the GA?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

James and all assembly members,

  I found your name in the voting registry Jamie.
See: http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/rosterbylastname.html
Unless there is some new unknown DNSO GA voting registry
that has yet to be announced?  Perhaps Thomas could
enlighten all of us on that?  Thomas, you have the floor...

James Love wrote:

> I'm not quite sure if I understand the offense that Thomas, Alexander,
> William and a few others have taken to encouraging  people to register to
> vote in the GA.   When Thomas announced he would allow a vote on the rebid,
> I checked and found out that I wasn't registered to vote, even though I have
> been on this list for years.  Lots of other people who post aren't listed as
> voters, and also lots of people who don't enjoy the daily bickering on the
> GA list but have participated in the GA in the f2f meetings.  I assumed the
> GA was the one place left where *anyone* who cared about DNS policy could
> have a voice.   It doesn't have any power, but at least it was open.
> Alexander got all worked up over posts to the NCDNHC, ICANNWatch and
> Slashdot.....   3 pretty obvious places to look to find people who can spell
> ICANN and who might be remotely interested in voting on an ICANN related
> issue.  I don't think of any of these three lists are being particularly US
> centric, but also, I assumed that the ICANN-Europe and various Asian, Latin
> Am or Africa discussions on ICANN related issues actually talk about stuff
> that goes on (other than the daily trading of personal insults).... which I
> would think would be a good thing.    If it was up to me, I would encourage
> much broader information about a vote, to allow anyone who had an opinion
> about the ICANN contract to vote, and hope for press interest in a vote, if
> one could actually interest the press.   This is how people find out about
> things.    Now perhaps this is a misunderstanding, and perhaps it is wrong
> to generate any interest in an issue as fundamental as a rebid on the ICANN
> contract, outside of those who have to wade through the daily GA list
> traffic.  Maybe an endless capacity to read email from an ICANN listserve is
> the true test of someone qualified to express opinions on ICANN.    Sort of
> an endurance test?
>
> Jamie
>
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/aboutdnso.html
>
> A General Assembly ("GA"), consisting of all interested individuals and
> entities.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>       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.
>
>         (b) The GA shall meet at least once a year, if possible in
> conjunction with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board. To the maximum
> extent practicable, all meetings should be available for online attendance
> as well as physical attendance.
>
>         (c) The costs of GA meetings shall be the responsibility of the
> DNSO, which may levy an equitable, cost-based fee on GA attendees to recoup
> those costs. There shall be no other fees required to participate in the GA.
>
>         (d) The GA shall nominate, pursuant to procedures adopted by the NC
> and approved by the Board, persons to serve on the Board in those seats
> reserved for the DNSO.
>
> --------------------------------
> James Love mailto:james.love@cptech.org
> http://www.cptech.org +1.202.387.8030 mobile +1.202.361.3040
>
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