RE: [ga] Montevideo GA meeting, 8 Sep 2001, agenda

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_list@hotmail.com>]

Chuck,

>
>It is my understanding that many of the constituencies have been 
>interacting
>with the candidates separately.  I can certainly confirm that the gTLD
>Registry Constituency submitted questions to all of the candidates.
>

I have no doubts about it, but this does not address my concern.

There is a major difference, according to my philosophy, between each 
Constituency separately establishing a dialog with the candidates, and the 
DNSO collectively establishing this dialog.
This "collective" dimension is lost.
Partly, the GA recuperates it. I say partly because the GA is not the body 
that will be in charge of the next step, therefore the most appropriate 
forum would have been the NC open meeting.

You may wonder why I give importance to this collective dimension.
If the DNSO should try to reach consensus, it is much better to see the 
candidates to express their positions addressing the whole DNSO community, 
rather than the individual constituencies (to whom, incidentally, they could 
say different things).

I am deeply frustrated in seeing that the constituencies have evolved from 
something that in the beginning was intended to ensure that all positions 
were represented, into an organized power structure. This transition is the 
very fact that is paralyzing the DNSO: losing the "collective" dimension 
makes the NC rule not by trying to achieve consensus, but obeying to the 
corporative logic of the number of votes.

Regards
Roberto



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