Re: [ga] right of GA to elect chair and

["J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@club-internet.fr>]

Where WXW shows he is ready to commit suicide to show himself right. Could 
you not relax once in a while? Take some fun at the ultimate support for 
the GA being the IP rep! jfc


On 19:53 26/06/02, William X Walsh said:

>Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 10:42:19 AM, James Love wrote:
>
> > I just talked with Jonathan Cohen about the role of the GA in the 
> Blueprint
> > document.  I asked him to support a change that would allow the GA to 
> elect
> > its own chair, and to vote on motions.  I said that the reform proposals
> > including the Blueprint document would be wbidely read as anti-free 
> speech,
> > and also quite petty, since the GA has no real power, elects no one to the
> > names council or the board, and only has the ability to provide a voice to
> > people who have no real power.   He said, have people on the GA tell the
> > board if this is important to them.   He said it was not the case that the
> > ICANN board was trying to punish the GA for voting for a resolution 
> that was
> > critical of the ICANN board.  His email address is :
>
>The GA has never really had a right to elect its chair, simply to
>nominate one, that the Names Council has been kind enough to rubber
>stamp, and to be honest, that has at least once led to a bad chair
>being selected.
>
>I'm not opposed to this, but I think instead (and you would probably
>have better luck getting this approved of anyway) any change should
>keep the status quo, with the GA having the ability to nominate, and
>the Names Council to actually select or oversee the selection of the
>chair.
>
>As for voting on motions, I tend to agree with Thomas on this.  I
>think any change allowing that should come with the strict caveat that
>the motions be RELEVANT TO THE PURPOSE OF THE GA.
>
>Anything else opens it up for the abuse we have already seen occur.
>
>And btw, of course they won't say they are punishing the GA for voting
>on that motion, that's not the politically correct way of answering
>the question, but you think the subject of that vote hasn't been a
>part of the discussions, you are simply being naive.
>
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>William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
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