RE: [wg-review] 3. [Constituencies] Rough Proposal C - eliminate NC, keepconstituencies

["Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>]

I argue for retention of constituencies.

The model of many city - state/provincal - county - national governments is
elected representatives, who represent the (majority) will of their
constituents.

In legislative fora, the senators/representatives/whatever propose policy
and laws based on what their supporting constituents want.

Many individuals, the vox populi so to speak, are unwilling or incapable of
expressing their ideas in public fora. They will, however, express them to
their elected representatives in more private circumstances.

These mailing lists are dominated by a few people who have the time, the
interest, the inclination, and the energy to participate. They (the lists)
certainly do not and can not represent a sufficiently  broad cross-section
of the global Internet community.

The constituency system is a viable mechanism for carrying the voices of a
large segment of the population who share common interests into a forum
where useful work can be done- work such as achieving compromise between
diverse special interest groups.

I favor the retention of the constituency system, with the proviso that we
work to make sure we have enough constituencies to achieve fair and
equitable representation of the special interests that exist, now and in the
future.

I further support the idea that the "output" from the DNSO should be
substantive policy guidelines, with sufficient detail, on each issue
presented to the ICANN board.

peter de Blanc

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