Re: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency

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

Peter, Chuck and all assembly members,

  From what I can gather the only way I know of that this "Cat can
be belled" >;) is that the constituencies go away, and the DNSO
be the GA with each interested party/stakeholder/user a one
man one vote situation and elect x number of BOD members.
Of course this would require that the NC also go away, and the
ICANN bylaws be changed to reflect this structure...

  This structure would achieve everything that Jeff Nueman, Chuck
and the ccTLD's want or need, but would also give the stakeholders/users
a larger potential voice and vote as well.  So, the existing constituencies
once merged into the GA, would need to garner support for their issues
based on merit, not special standing.

Peter Dengate Thrush wrote:

> Sounds like a goal I support . How do we bell this cat?
>
> regards
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com>
> To: "Bret Fausett" <fausett@lextext.com>; "Ross Wm. Rader"
> <ross@tucows.com>; "Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us>; "'Michael D.
> Palage'" <michael@palage.com>; <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency
>
> > So it seems to me that we should arrange a methodology that prevents any
> one
> > group from having so much power that they can control the process and
> > thereby remove incentives to work on solutions that all stakeholders might
> > be willing to support.  It doesn't matter whether we are talking about
> those
> > under contract or those who are not under contract or for that matter any
> > other classification.  Our goal should be to find a solution that is the
> > best for all after considering all stakeholders' concerns.  It should not
> be
> > to see who has the most votes.  Unfortunately, as long as one group has
> the
> > voting edge, that group really doesn't need to listen and possibly
> > compromise.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bret Fausett [mailto:fausett@lextext.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:32 PM
> > To: Ross Wm. Rader; Neuman, Jeff; 'Michael D. Palage'; ga@dnso.org
> > Subject: Re: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency
> >
> >
> > > We ask for EQUAL voting representation.
> >
> > As I noted yesterday, the big problem with set voting blocks is that the
> > allocation doesn't take any account of the issue under discussion. Take
> UDRP
> > revision as one example. The groups most impacted are trademark holders
> and
> > domain name registrants. Registrars have an implementation obligation. But
> > where is the gTLD registry interest? Under the "equal voting
> representation"
> > plan, however, when UDRP revision comes up for consideration in the GNSO
> > Council, the gTLD registries will have 25% of the votes. Does that make
> any
> > sense? By the same token, where's the intellectual property interest (as
> > distinguishable from the interests of registrants generally) in transfers?
> > Yet we're setting up a system in which established groups will have a set
> > vote on each and every issue.
> >
> >          -- Bret
> >
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