Re: [ga-rules] Changing the rules by amendment

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

Eric and all,

  This is and execellent suggestion Eric!  Well done!  It is one that was
not too long ago suggested before in a somewhat different format.
Harald at the time, rejected such a suggestion out of hand however.

  Lets hope that this time there will be some interest and due consideration
for this suggestion...

  I therefore make a first motion to this suggestion a la Earl Heathers
post on the GA list:

Motion:
Only members of this list, by list vote, should make the final decision,
not the moderators as to sanctions, if any toward or against any
list member regarding violation of the current rules or any future
change in rules proposed.

Eric Dierker wrote:

> This posting has some modification and questions in it from a good
> friend of this list. This posting goes to Amendment.  I will shortly
> post to the issue of scrapping and changing the monitors to Mentors.
> Sincerely,
>
> The following is a modified version of our posting rules which I
> propose.
> There is no pride in authorship.
>
> In order to make it easier to notice what I have added and changed, the
> URL
> to the existing rules is <http:///www.dnso.relevant-rules-page>
>
> I am not opposed to rewriting the whole thing, rather than amending
> existing
> rules, or to presenting it in a different format if you have
> suggestions.
> Thank you in advance for any help.
> >
> >
> > For purposes of its internal operation, the General Assembly maintains
>
> > mailing
> > lists.
> > These are as follows:
> >
> > - announce@dnso.org for announcements from the DNSO
> > - ga@dnso.org for discussion among GA members on GA business
> >
> > GA Specific Purposes Lists, setup on 30 April 2001, modifications in
> > list names on 21 May 2001. ga-org added 7 June 2001.
> >
> > 1.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-icann/Arc00/, (former
> > ga-ext), External Relationships
> > 2.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-rules/Arc00/, (former
> > ga-int), Internal Processes
> > 3.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-sys/Arc00/, Systems
> > 4.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-roots/Arc00/, Competitive
> > Roots
> > 5.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-udrp/Arc00/, (former ga-tm),
> > Trade Marks-IP
> > 6.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-review/Arc00/, GA DNSO
> > Review
> > 7.http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-org/Arc00/, Dot org referral
> >
> > These list shall self organize and establish their own list rules, not
>
> > inconsistent with these.
> >
> > All lists are open for subscription by any E-mail address.
> > All lists are archived.
> > The membership of the lists is not made public.
> >
> > The announce list is available for official pronouncements only.{**who
>
> > should be allowed to post here? Alt-chair**?}
>
> Surely, it's only the DNSO Secretariat that posts to the announce list,
> or
> is this a new suggestion of yours to give the Alt Chair access?
>
> > The ga list is open for mail from any subscribed members, subject to
> > restrictions given below.
> >
> > The purpose of the GA list is to allow discussion between GA members
> on
> > GA matters. It is not itself a decision-making body. Although it’s
> > properly arrived at policy recommendations should be followed by the
> > Names Council
> >
> > Note: Neither list claims to be an authoritative listing of the
> members
> > of the
> > GA, but when a mail is sent to the announce list, it is considered to
> be
> >
> > published to the GA membership.
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > RIGHTS TO POST
> > --------------
> > The following entities have the right to post to the GA mailing list:
> >
> > - GA members who are members of the GA mailing list, posting using the
>
> > email
> > address by which they are known to the GA list, who have posting
> > rights in good
> > standing.
> > Members of any current working group or task force.
> > - The staff of the DNSO list management (for technical announcements)
> >
> > The following rules apply to content of messages on the GA list:
> >
> > - The messages must be relevant to the business of the GA
> > - The messages must observe a minimum of decorum, including:
> > - Not indulging in personal attacks, insults or slander
> > - Not using offensive language
> > - If the GA Chair or a list monitor asks for a limit to the number of
> > posts
> > per person per day, this must be respected
> > - The size of messages should be kept reasonable (there should be a
> VERY
> > good
> > reason to send a message of more than 10 Kbytes).
> >
> > These are of course guidelines any interpretation should be made with
> > the emphasis on allowing posting.
> >
> > Certain persons appointed by the GA Chair (the list monitors) have the
>
> > task
> > of monitoring the list for posts that violate these rules.
> > These are selected by the GA Chair for a given period of time, but may
>
> > be
> > removed from the role by the GA Chair or at their own request at any
> > time.
> > A list monitor may also be removed by a majority vote of the General
> > Assembly.
> > The vote shall be informal and can be called for by ten members
> calling
> > for the vote.
> >
> > Normally the appointment would be for 1 year.
> >
> > A list monitor may recommend (?) to the GA chair, which shall be
> publicly
> > posted for a seven day public discussion that there be imposed either
> or
> > both of 2 sanctions against offenders:
>
> Recommend what to the Chair? The list monitor must be recommending
> something, or the grammar doesn't make sense, and we don't understand
> what
> is being publicly posted for discussion.
> >
> > - Monitoring of posts. This will cause delay of postings from the
> > affected
> > individual until a list moderator approves them as being within the
> > content
> > rules, or rejects them
> > - Suspension of posting rights. This will cause mail from that person
> > not to be
> > sent to the GA list.
> >
> > Both sanctions are imposed for a limited period of time (typically  48
>
> > hours),
> > and are announced on the mailing list. Repeat offenders may get
> > correspondingly
> > longer sentences (for instance  one week for a second offense, 2 weeks
>
> > for a third).
> > The period is decided by the list monitor.
> >
> > Note that due to technical issues, monitoring one member's postings
> may
> > cause
> > monitoring to be applied to other members' posts. This is to be
> avoided
> > as far as
> > possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > ACCESS TO UNFILTERED LIST
> > -------------------------
> > There exists an open list that can be subscribed to: ga-full@dnso.org.
>
> > This will get *all* mail sent to ga@dnso.org, no restrictions (except
> > for
> > possibly technical restrictions like message size or size of header).
> > It will be archived by the DNSO.
> > Public access to the archive will be granted as much as possible;
> there
> > may be
> > legal reasons (e.g. rules against republication of defamation) that
> > require closing
> > some parts of the archive.
> >
> > The existence of this list will make it possible to have independent
> > verification
> > of what the filtering function does.
> >
>
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