Re: [ga] NC BS

[eric@hi-tek.com]

In other words override the public/user will because some talking head
from worldcom who was consulted said otherwise.

Real cute.

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"Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" wrote:

> Joanna, no surprise [I hope] that I agree that questionnaires aren't the end all/be all in terms of data input. :-)
>
>  Questionnaires gather "snapshots" which provide some useful data which can help to guide draft recommendations. Consultation is still needed...
>
> I would suggest, based on my experience in non profits, business, and ... finally the ICANN task force process.
>
>  MC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joanna Lane [mailto:jo-uk@rcn.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:34 PM
> To: Thomas Roessler; Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
> Cc: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law; DannyYounger@cs.com;
> ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [ga] NC BS
>
> Thomas,
> >  - Recommendation 25 describes a public consultation period as "the
> >    channel by which individuals and parties not fitting into the
> >    stakeholders/constituency scheme participate in policy-making".  I
> >    believe that this is an extremely poor suggestion for public
> >    participation: During such public consultation periods there will
> >    typically be no actual dialogue between the public and task force
> >    members.... <snip>
>
> The trend is for Task Forces to submit a questionnaire to those affected
> stakeholders who have been excluded from the process, so I confine myself to
> comments on that particular mechanism.
>
> Questionnaires are a useful damage limitation tool for the Task Force:-
>
> 1) The Task Force can select only those questions for which it already has
> answers.
> 2) Those affected have no mechanism to ask questions the Task Force doesn't
> want to answer.
> 3) The questionnaire is open to the everybody, including those already
> represented by the constituencies, in effect, skewing the questionnaire
> results so as to dilute the views of those not represented elsewhere. It's a
> "one-person, two or more votes" policy for the constituency members and
> "one-person, no votes" policy for individuals excluded from constituency
> membership.
> 3) All public comments can be ignored since the results are simply advisory,
> rather than part of the mechanism to create policy.
> 4) Data from questionnaires takes so long to be extract, analyze and
> publish, that it's usefulness is much diminished by the time the results are
> released (example: WHOIS data).
>
> Regards,
> Joanna
>
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