Stef and all, Maybe I am misreading your post here Stef. If so please feel free to correct me. However there seems to be one point here that is going to be a sticking point, That being that some parties do not get a VOTE. SHouldn't all parties have an equal VOTE? Or are you suggesting that this be handled as part of the membership of the DNSO? Please advise. Einar Stefferud wrote: > Thanks Kent for extracting those sections to show their inclusion. > > They are a good start.n > > I would add another specific Fair Hearing Panel as advisory to the > Names Council to serve as a Regional Fair Hearing Panel with members > nominated by regions, as a way to soften the desparate needs most > regions feel to have a quota of votes on the Names Concil, or on the > Board of Directors. > > The issue that I see is that regions want to be assured of being given > a fair hearing by the whole of DNSO (and ICANN too). In fact, in the > immortal words of Marty, I see the GeoPolitical issues of > represenation to be "The Worst Nightmare" of all regions, and also the > worst nightmare of the DNSO Organizers. > > In my view, insisting on having a Board of Directors that have evenly > distributed represeantion of all techncial & business constituenies, > and evenly distributed representaion of geopolitical regions, and also > has fully competent members in all seats, is the grand daddy of all > organizational nightmares. > > I propose the DNSO use my Regional Fair Hearing Panel to defuse all > thos nightmares in one deft move, by gauanteeing a fair hearing to all > regions, with a panel that answers only to the Board of Dirctors, adn > whose members are appointed by geopolitical regions. So, all regions > get a gauranteed voice, but not a vote. > > This needs to be written directly into the bylaws! > You may recall that I made this proposal in Monterey? > > Cheers...\Stef > > >From your message Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:32:08 -0800: > } > }On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 06:09:11AM -0400, J. William Semich (NIC JWS7) wrote: > }> I recall that we agreed - and had consensus - on fair hearing panels. > } > }From the latest draft: > } > } D. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN CONSTITUENCIES 1-5 > } > } After formation of the Names Council, applications for membership > } in the constituencies 1-5 shall be submitted to the Names Council. > } The Names Council shall have the right to approve or disapprove > } each application. If an application is not approved, the applicant > } shall have the right to appeal to the Fair Hearing Panel (described > } below). > } > }and > } > } III. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT NON-DISCRIMINATORY PROCESSES > } > } The processes of the Names Council (and the processes of each > } constituency) shall be governed by the same provisions for open and > } transparent non-discriminatory processes as those of the Board of > } the Corporation. A general mechanism for review of conflicts and > } grievances will be developed, and the Names Council shall appoint a > } Fair Hearing Panel which will, among other responsibilities > } delegated to it by the Names Council, hear appeals pursuant to > } Section I.D. of this application. > } > } Other such conflicts and grievances heard by this Fair Hearing > } Panel might include those regarding dominance or control of any > } single issue by means of membership in more than one constituency, > } other methods of unfair domination by special interests, matters > } concerning disputed membership in a constituency or the DNSO, > } disputes concerning membership dues, either in the DNSO or in a > } constituency, and so on. > } > }I see on reading this over that the language is not as clear as it > }could be, but the point is that FHPs *are* in the current draft. > } > }kent > } > }-- > }Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "Do good, and you'll be > }kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
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