RE: [ga] Ballot question

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

It's a little irregular but, here's my half-nickle.

Someone please refresh me on what happened to the regular voting mechanism?

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: DannyYounger@cs.com [mailto:DannyYounger@cs.com]
|> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 9:15 AM
|> To: DNSO.secretariat@dnso.org
|> Cc: ga@dnso.org
|> Subject: [ga] Ballot question
|> 
|> 
|> In accordance with the rules and procedures of the General 
|> Assembly, a motion 
|> has been put forth, has been seconded, and after discussion 
|> has received the 
|> benefit of a friendly amendment.  The Chair has determined 
|> that sufficient 
|> consensus exists to move the matter forward to a ballot.  
|> The Secretariat is 
|> instructed to commence a vote of the General Assembly on the 
|> following ballot 
|> question:
|> 
|> 
|> Whereas the Domain Name Supporting Organization Formation 
|> Concepts (adopted 
|> by the ICANN Board March 4, 1999), state that "The ICANN 
|> Board should 
|> periodically review the status of the constituency groups to 
|> determine 
|> whether all DNSO interests are adequately represented"
|> 
|> Whereas members of the General Assembly have repeatedly 
|> expressed their 
|> concern that the DNSO as currently constituted is not sufficiently 
|> representative
|> 
|> Whereas problems outlined by the DNSO Review have not been remedied 
|> internally, and efforts undertaken by the Names Council have 
|> failed to 
|> sufficiently address these concerns
|> 
|> It is therefore
|> 
|> RESOLVED that the ICANN Board be advised that:
|> 
|> 1.  Members of the General Assembly believe that DNSO 
|> dysfunctionality 
|> requires direct ICANN Board intervention
|> 
|> 2.  The General Assembly seeks to establish a representative 
|> balance by being 
|> placed on equal footing with the current DNSO Names Council 
|> and creating a 
|> bicameral DNSO.
|> 
|> 3.  The General Assembly seeks initial budgetary/Secretariat 
|> support for the 
|> DNSO/GA to perform its functions. 
|> 
|> 4.  The General Assembly will work with ICANN to develop an 
|> appropriate 
|> funding model to support its activities.
|> 
|> 5.  The General Assembly seeks representation on the ICANN 
|> Board (to be 
|> filled by a representative voting the recorded consensus of 
|> the DNSO/GA)
|> 
|> 6.  The General Assembly seeks to have both an Advocate and 
|> a Consensus 
|> Leader, both elected positions of the DNSO/GA with budgetary 
|> control and 
|> responsibility for all DNSO/GA staff.
|> 
|> 7. The General Assembly re-affirms the GA's commitment to 
|> the DNSO as 
|> originally envisaged as a place for cross-constituency dialogue and 
|> consensus building, and requests the Board to fulfil its 
|> obligation to 
|> facilitate the entry of thus far unrepresented constituencies.
|> 
|> [ X  ]  Agree
|> [    ]  Disagree
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