Re: [ga] NC BS

[Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg@mail.msen.com>]

At 04:22 PM 5/16/2002 +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
>On 2002-05-16 15:16:59 +0200, Philip Sheppard wrote:
>>   1. Identify the stakeholders who should participate in ICANN   policy 
>> development.
>>   2. Factor those stakeholders into a policy development body.
>>   3. Have a consultation mechanism for the rest of the world.
>
>The rest of the world being those who should not participate in
>policy development, such as individuals like Alexander and myself? ;-)
>More seriously,


         But that *is* a serious question.  There are two sets of ways one 
can try to draw a line between "stakeholders" and "rest of the world."  In 
the first set, Thomas and Alexander are not deemed stakeholders and 
therefore may not participate in policy development, except to offer 
meaningless comments after the effective decisionmaking is done.  If the NC 
members want to defend that system on its merits, they should do so.  In 
the second set, Thomas and Alexander are deemed stakeholders, and other 
individuals are not, because, well, Thomas and Alexander are more 
intelligent and responsible than those other individuals.  That line isn't 
workable.

Jon Weinberg
weinberg@msen.com

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