[ga] Re: OBJECTION Re: Transfer TF elections

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

The General Assembly will be electing a single "voting" representative to the 
Transfers Task Force.

This Task Force, as per an un-ratified proposal tendered by the un-elected 
interim Chair, will determine whether constituencies and the GA may send 
additional non-voting "observers" to this TF.  That particular message was 
posted to the TF list on the same day that I tendered my resignation from the 
TF, and has subsequently been repeated on the TF list.  

I consider it entirely appropriate that those that have expressed an interest 
in participating in this TF be given the fair opportunity to participate, and 
have therefore asked the Secretariat to designate the runners-up in this 
election as such "observers" (recognizing that no other GA members have 
expressed any interest in working on this TF and understanding that the 
number of future TF participants must ultimately be decided by the TF 
membership itself). 

Had this been an open working group, all members of the GA would have had an 
equal opportunity to participate.  Accordingly, I will not seek to deny 
participation to the only GA members that have thus far expressed any 
interest or desire in working on this TF.

Allow me to remind the membership that the General Assembly is "open to all 
who are willing to contribute effort to the work of the DNSO. The 
participants in the GA should be individuals who have a knowledge of and an 
interest in issues pertaining to the areas for which the DNSO has primary 
responsibility, and who are willing to contribute time, effort and expertise 
to the work of the DNSO, including work item proposal and development, 
discussion of work items, draft document preparation, and participation in 
research and drafting committees and working groups."

Jeff Williams, Thomas Roessler and Eric Dierker have an equal right as 
participants as they are all General Assembly members.  It is up to the 
membership to decide which candidate will best represent our interests as the 
voting member.  The runners-up in this election (having expressed a desire to 
participate in the work of the TF) will be accorded the opportunity to do so 
should such circumstance arise.  

Those that do not plan to get involved in the substantive work of the DNSO 
should allow those that are willing to do the work to get on with the job 
that they are volunteering to do.  Maybe next time, others will volunteer to 
actually do some work.

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