Re: [ga] Two things troubling me with the GA Chair elections...

[<idno@tallship.net>]

I concur.

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Karl Auerbach wrote:

> 
> > ...   That theme is "GA as
> > interest group/ constituency of its own".   For better or worse,
> > the DSNO isn't designed that way.  As I've said in previous
> > notes, the combination of that design and having groups in the
> > GA who are clearly disenfranchised implies a problem that needs
> > to be fixed, either by some appropriate readjustment of the
> > constituency list or by deciding that the GA contains
> > unrepresented interests after all, and contains them to the
> > extent that the GA ought to be represented on the NC. Without
> > that fixed, we inevitably have a confusing situation on our
> > hands.
> 
> Then I am confused.
> 
> It is patently obvious to me that the DNSO's "constituency" structure is
> an rigid snapshot of a some pre-ordained list of who, according to some
> arbitrary decision, has "stake" in the Internet. And it is obvious me that
> the DNSO's "constituency" structure is greatly biased in favor of
> commercial interests, is biased against non commercial interests, and
> entirely disenfranchises individual domain name owners.
> 
> There is no doubt whatsoever that the GA contains many who are
> disenfranchised or underenfranchised in the DNSO's NC.
> 
> If this is by-design, then it is a very broken design indeed.
> 
> I personally see no value whatsoever in the "constituency" structure used
> in the DNSO, especially when we see that it is structured so that not only
> are many excluded entirely but also that several corporations are able to
> partake of the benefits of membership in multiple constituencies and hence
> achieve a multiplication of their votes.
> 
> The GA is the only place where those who are disenfranchised can
> participate.  And as we have seen, that participation is made effectively
> illusory and void by the NC's controlling hand.
> 
> The GA must select its own chair.
> 
> No issue should pass out of the DNSO unless approved by the GA.
> 
> The GA, being the only body in the DNSO open to *all* interests should
> elect the DNSO's board seats.
> 
> 		--karl--
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