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Re: My DNSO review comment (Re: [ga] DNSO Review Committee)
Well said. Jamie
Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>
> To the point of the review comittee deliberations that says:
>
> >- Does the current constituency division minimize the effectiveness
> > of the DNSO and NC?
>
> Just for the record, I think that the constituency structure of the DNSO is
> a fundamental reason for the DNSO's problems.
>
> The constituency structure has led to:
>
> - Polarization, as those who are in the DNSO to represent a constituency
> feel obliged to serve that constituency's interests whether that makes
> sense in a global context or not
>
> - Underrepresentation, since many interested voices have trouble fitting
> into one or another of the constituencies
>
> - Overrepresentation, since many interested voices (Business and IP are the
> most obvious) find themselves natural parts of several constituencies
>
> - Misrepresentation, since the selection of a few people to act as
> spokesmen for a constituency obscures the sometimes significant differences
> of opinion within a constituency
>
> I believe part of the problems the DNSO has had in reaching anything like a
> consensus position on *anything* is rooted in the constituency structure.
> (It is also rooted in the presence of a number of very loud voices that
> should, on the basis of democratic process, be heard, but where the owners
> of the voices have neither the inclination nor the temperament to reach for
> consensus. Reaching consensus in a loud environment will always be hard.)
>
> The constituency structure is a failure and should be abandoned.
>
> Harald
>
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