Re: [ga] Re: Membership Drive

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

on 6/13/01 9:54 AM, Derek Conant at dconant@dnsga.org wrote:

Furthermore, where is the valid
> consensus regarding your action to move this forward?

Interesting that you think the GA is an elitist Old Boys Club Derek. Point
me to the rule that says existing members have to be consulted before new
members may join.

 
>Leave the task to the At-Large to figure out.
I expect you want to put a freeze on new memberships in the GA until AtLarge
Study is completed as well.


>We don't need special interest group penetration or undue influence taking over
ICANN via the DNSO GA.

Perhaps you'd like to write a paper on membership criteria for the GA. Let
me help you... "Members must be of the Aryan race, blond hair, blue eyes.. "

The fundamental problem with ICANN is poor levels of participation. A
membership drive is absolutely what we need. I wouldn't be too concerned
about being overrun. Chance would be a fine thing.

Regards,
Joanna

> 
> By the way, in case you want to write a Membership Drive letter for votes, the
> Chinese Embassy address is as follows:
> 
> Chinese Ambassador
> United States Embassy of the People's Republic of China
> 2300 Connecticut Avenue, NW
> Washington, DC  20008
> 
> Derek Conant
> DNSGA President and Chairman
> 
> Danny Younger wrote:
> 
>> Joanna Lane writes:  "I propose the DNSO Secretariat prepares a formal press
>> announcement to
>> invite the general public to subscribe to the Electoral Register of the
>> General Assembly for the specific purposes of participating in the
>> forthcoming election to select the next candidate to represent the DNSO on
>> the Board of Directors."
>> 
>> I see this as an excellent suggestion and will forward the recommendation to
>> our Secretariat   I had written to Elisabeth on the 8th of this month
>> inquiring about the nomination process and was advised that:  "Each year the
>> procedure shall be adapted (timeline). And each year we start the process in
>> the second half of July."
>> 
>> Having scoured the archives, I believe that I may have found the URL that
>> deals with this nomination process:
>> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19990917.DNSO-ICANN-nominations.html although
>> it is quite possible that our Secretariat might be aware of a more current
>> URL.
>> 
>> (Please note that Elisabeth is now on scheduled travels until after the
>> 14th).  Upon her return I expect that we can also move forward on the
>> nomination process to select a representative to the NC Task Force dealing
>> with the Individual Domain Name Holders' Constituency.
>> 
>> Acting further upon Joanna's suggestion, I have also posted an invitation on
>> the ICANN public forum asking those interested in domain name policy issues
>> to join the General Assembly.
>> 
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