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

[Harald Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 21:18 09/11/2000 +0100, Alexander Svensson wrote:

>Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> > The mailing list has rough consensus on the resolutions that in its 
> opinion:
> > ...
>
>Just did some counting: There were 18 people in
>favour of the motion, 3 explicitly against it
>and 2 questioned whether there is rough consensus.

thanks for counting! This fits with my perception (and I did not see 2 of
those objections until after I sent my message).
I think it was WG-B that defined a rough consensus as 2/3 - not a practice
I want to emulate. But I definitely used the term "rough" consensus to 
indicate that there was at least one objector.

In hindsight, it seems to have been a better choice not to send the 
message, since the discussion about it has served to distract us from other 
matters like DNSO review.
But what's done is done.

>It's a pity we didn't manage to hold a vote;
>there are currently 262 people in the voting
>registry. My guess is that there would have been
>a clear majority for the recommendation, but IMHO
>declaring rough consensus is not a suitable substitute
>for a vote just because the time for a vote is lacking.

Formally, declaring rough consensus of the mailing list gives no opinion 
about the opinion of the General Assembly (the voter registry).
I think we will hold a vote on the still-relevant motion after LA.

>Harsh? Well, if we want ICANN to follow the rule book,
>we have to do so, too.

like ICANN, we have to make up the rules as we go along.

I'd like to discuss spelling out the conditions under which the chair or 
alternate chair may speak on behalf of the GA; I'd be happy to abide by a 
rule saying that this can only happen after a formal vote, if that is the 
GA's opinion.

Looking forward to seeing some of you in LA....

           harald

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