RE: [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating rule

["JandL" <jandl@jandl.com>]

It would also seem obvious by simply looking at the 
answers/agreement of the participants that with a public 
discussion, if there were objections, those who receive the posts 
would have done so.  Therefore, it stands to reason that the 
member sampling who did participate have a consensus.  To my 
knowledge, there is no quorum requirement, and these proposals are 
in the best interests of all the ga, and the at-large as well.  I am a 
member of both.

Leah Gallegos

> Making a general statement that there is rough consensus without
> backing it up with some objective, measurable data makes the process
> unreasonably subjective.
> 
> What is the definition of rough consensus?  What measurable evidence
> is there that rough consensus was reached?  From what sample of the
> overall population did the data come?  Does that sample effectively
> represent the total population?  What efforts were made to involve
> underrepresented or uninvolved members of the population?
> 
> Questions such as these need to be answered before any level of
> consensus could be concluded.  Ideally, a detailed process including
> documentation, required measurements, etc. should be agreed to before
> efforts are made to come to consensus positions.  Otherwise, it
> becomes to easy to subjectively reach whatever conclusion the active
> participants wish.
> 
> Chuck Gomes
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harald Alvestrand [mailto:Harald@Alvestrand.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 3:41 PM
> To: icann-board@icann.org
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating rule
> 
> 
> The Domain Name Supporting Organization General Assembly mailing list
> has discussed adopting resolutions dealing with the composition of the
> ICANN board.
> 
> The mailing list has rough consensus on the resolutions that in its
> opinion:
> 
> 1) The newly elected board members should take their seats
>  before the general meeting, not after.
> 
> 2) All non-elected members whose terms have been extended beyond
>  their original time should immediately resign.
> 
> The DNSO General Assembly wishes to take a vote on item 2) as soon as
> possible, so that it can be stated as a voted resolution of the
> General Assembly, but since the time left until the ICANN general
> meeting is less than that required for a GA vote, the Alternate Chair
> has taken it upon himself to make the Board aware of this consensus
> position on item 1) before the general meeting of ICANN next week.
> 
> Speaking for the General Assembly of the Domain Name Supporting
> Organization
> 
>               Harald Tveit Alvestrand
>                 Alternate Chair
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> +47 41 44 29 94
> Personal email: Harald@Alvestrand.no
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