Re: [ga] Point of Order

[William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>]

Wednesday, May 08, 2002, 8:43:34 AM, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:



> William X Walsh wrote:

>>Wednesday, May 08, 2002, 8:18:13 AM, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
>>
>>>This is not a legitimate point of order, this is censorship and William 
>>>Walsh is not in any position to dictate to the GA what is or is not a 
>>>legitimate topic/issue for its deliberations, considerations and/or 
>>>votes.
>>>
>>
>>I'm not dictating it.
>>
>>The ICANN charter dictates it.
>>
> NO, you're wrong.  The Charter does not state anything of the sort. 
>  Your "point of order" is invalid and not explicitly supported by the 
> Charter.  What the Charter does say is what *should* qualify those who 
> participate in the GA (i.e. knowledge and interests of the DNSO's 
> primary areas of responsibility) and NOT what they may deliberate upon, 
> nor who the MUST be.  Nice try.  

http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/aboutdnso.html

(a) The GA shall be an open forum for participation in the work of the
DNSO, and 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.


The DNSO shall serve as advisory body to the Board, with the primary
responsibility for developing and recommending substantive policies
regarding to the Domain Name System.


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