Re: [wg-review] 4. [GA] Draft Text for Report

[Phil King <yofelipe@excite.com>]

Recommend Submit!  

Phil King, in Butte MT


On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:58:56 -0700, Greg Burton wrote:

>  Dear WG-Review members,
>  
>  After reading through some of the comments here and on the GA list, and 
>  considering the draft TF report, the WG-D preliminary report and Kent 
>  Crispin's comments on the need for small, flexible working groups, I'd
like 
>  to submit the following text for adoption as part of the Working Group's 
>  report.
>  --------------------------
>  If the constituency structure of the DNSO remains unchanged, we urge that

>  the ICANN Board of Directors replace Article VI-B Section 4 with the 
>  following text:
>  
>  (a) The GA shall be an open forum for participation in the work of the
DNSO,
>  This work includes but is not limited to work item proposal and
>  development; discussion of work items proposed by the Names Council;
>  draft document preparation; research on topics of interest to the DNSO;
and
>  recommendations of policies and procedures for the internal use of the 
>  DNSO. Adopted reports or recommendations of the GA shall be passed to the

>  Names Council in a timely manner.
>  
>  (b) The GA shall be open to all who are willing to contribute effort to
the
>  work of the DNSO. Participants in the GA should be individuals who have a
>  knowledge of and an interest in issues pertaining to the areas for which
>  the DNSO has primary responsibility.
>  
>  (c) Membership in the GA shall consist of those individuals listed in the
>  GA Voting Registry.
>  
>  (d) Participants in the GA shall nominate, pursuant to procedures adopted
>  by the NC and approved by the Board, persons to serve on the Board in
those
>  seats reserved for the DNSO.
>  
>  (e) Officers of the GA shall include a chair, a co-chair, and an
ombudsman. 
>  Officers of the GA shall be elected annually according to the voting 
>  procedures adopted by the GA and approved by the NC.
>  
>  (f) The Officers of the GA shall be members of the Names Council.
>  
>  (g) The ombudsman shall be responsible for investigating process issues 
>  within the DNSO, including but not limited to conflicts involving the
Names 
>  Council as a whole. The ombudsman shall report directly to the ICANN
Board 
>  of Directors.
>  
>  (h) Each constituency formed under Article VI-B Section 3 of these bylaws
>  shall select one member as the constituency observer to the GA. Each
observer
>  will be responsible for informing their constituency of the GA's current
>  activities on a timely basis.
>  
>  (i) The GA shall meet physically at least once a year, if possible in
>  conjunction with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board. To the
maximum
>  extent practicable, all meetings should be available for online
attendance
>  as well as physical attendance.
>  
>  (j) The costs of physical GA meetings shall be the responsibility of the
DNSO,
>  which may levy an equitable, cost-based fee on GA attendees to recoup
those
>  costs. There shall be no other fees required to participate in the GA.
The 
>  costs of GA mailing lists or other online mechanisms for performing the 
>  work of the GA shall be the responsibility of the DNSO.
>  
>  (k) The GA shall adopt it's internal procedures as it sees fit, so long
as 
>  they are fair, transparent, and consistent with these by-laws.
>  
>  (l) Upon application by no less than five members of the GA, the Chair of

>  the GA may recognize a Special Interest Group (SIG). Upon such
recognition, 
>  a SIG shall have a mailing list created by the Secretariat of the DNSO. 
>  Each SIG shall have a clearly defined interest area, and shall produce 
>  regular reports for the GA's consideration in that area. Each application

>  shall contain a definition of the interest area; a SIG name; and the
SIG's 
>  method for self-organization.
>  ----------------------
>  
>  Regards,
>  Greg
>  
>  sidna@feedwriter.com
>  
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Yo, Felipe (I, Phillip)
Phil King
Butte America
(The Richest Hill On Earth)





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