Re: [ga] Ballot question

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Roeland and all assembly members,

Roeland Meyer wrote:

> It's a little irregular but, here's my half-nickle.
>
> Someone please refresh me on what happened to the regular voting mechanism?

  It is still there Roeland.  We just need to wait/get the secretariat
to generate a ballot as Danny has requested...

>
>
> |> -----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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Regards,

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