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Re: [ga] Reform in the GA?


Thank you Harald for this.
May be could you update us on what is pending and we should vote on?
I suppose that most of us lost track with the time and WG-Review.
Jefsey

On 07:55 08/02/01, Harald Alvestrand said:
>At 17:09 07/02/2001 -0600, Andy Gardner wrote:
>>Are you trying to say there is no politics within the ICANN process?
>>
>>Tee hee. The one thing ICANN has proved to be best at is advancing
>>political careers - Dyson, Roberts, Crispy-Crockett, Simms, Abril, Stubbs,
>>Cerf...
>
>I think some of those will be puzzled over your definition of the term 
>"advancement".
>
>seriously, anyone who thinks the ICANN process is going to make people 
>feel that he is a good candidate for other political office is out of his 
>mind. It is more a question of how much of your reputation you are willing 
>to sacrifice by trying to make the Right Things happen.
>
>to my mind, the reform that has happened to the GA consists of:
>
>- having a rule to deal with abusive posters that has general agreement
>- having a rule to vote on proposals that has general agreement
>
>In fact we have had very little concerted activity towards using those 
>procedures to vote on anything; I thought after Marina Del Rey that we 
>would see a general call for confirmation of the resolutions passed there 
>(those of them that are still relevant), but I have not seen that.
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>Personal email: Harald@Alvestrand.no
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