[wg-review] Proposal to Restructure the DNSO
In keeping with the sentiment expressed by many that the Constituency
model needs to be abandoned in favor of a structure that guards against the possibility
of disenfranchising any group of interested parties, and in keeping with the
terms of reference of the Review Working Group “to vindicate that DNSO would be
a structure that will include all of those who will be affected by the DNS of
the future as well as the current Netizens,” I am offering the following “Proposal
to Restructure the DNSO” as an outline/ starting point for discussions (in the
context of this current assessment of the GA by the members of the Review
Working Group). 1. The Assembly shall elect its
own Chair 2. The Assembly shall convene
a Council consisting of 19 members 3. Each current Constituency (as
a legacy consideration) shall appoint one member to this Council 4. Remaining seats to be
filled by election 5. No one Constituency shall
at any time have more than three members represented on the Council 6. The Assembly will consider
policy initiatives 7. Upon decision of the Assembly
Chair, working groups, committees or other such bodies shall be created to thoroughly
prepare a policy recommendation 8. Such final recommendations
are to be forwarded to the Council subsequent to a majority Assembly vote 9. The Council will review
each such policy recommendation to determine whether such document meets the criteria
of a “consensus policy”. 10. The Council will make such refinements
as necessary 11. If adopted by the Council
with a 2/3 vote, the policy will be forwarded to the Board; if not, it will be
remanded to the Assembly for further work
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