[ga] A perfect test case on being "open"

["William S. Lovell" <cereba@oregonvos.net>]

I borrow the following from one of numerous posts:
> What is clearly true is that flawed procedures within the General Assembly
> > have created a situation wherein the expectations of the Board
> consistently
> > fail to be met.  Consider the comments of Director Auerbach:
> >
> > *      As one who does have the job of examining and passing on the output
> > of the DNSO - I expect well formed policy decisions, including analysis of
> > the competing views, and backed by procedures that give me confidence that
> > all parties have had the opportunity to fair participate.
> >
> > *      I support the determination of group opinion by the use of solid
> > procedures that include the placement of clearly articulated issues before
> a
> > clearly formed electorate who make clear votes that are counted. As it
> > stands, as a member of the ICANN Board of Directors, I am very unlikely to
> > give credence to any matter that comes out of the DNSO unless I see
> > objective data indicating that the DNSO has reached its conclusion by
> > something better than the hand waving that has to date been called
> > "consensus".

That being the premise, I bring out the point that in order for the GA to include objective data
in the matters it sends up through the DNSO to the Board of Directors, it must have had such
data made available to it.  Consequently, on the present issue of the .biz TLD, it is respectfully
requested that the Board of Directors make available, on a separate web site, a description of
the procedures by which it made its decisions on this matter, including links to copies of all
correspondence and other documents upon which those decisions were based, and further
including any minutes of any meetings of the Board of Directors at which those decisions were
made.  It is only through having access to, and the use of, such materials, that the GA can provide
the kind of objective analysis that Director Auerbach correctly states would be worthy of any
credence. The reference to a separate web site, with all such materials concentrated in one,
easily accessible place, would avoid the problem of having to search endless archives, and one
must also assume that many of such materials would not have been posted anywhere, but yet
are essential in order for any analysis to be fully based on fact.

Bill Lovell

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