Re: [wg-review] Resumption of Review.

[Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

Greg Burton wrote:

> At 05:38 AM 2/14/01, Sotiropoulos wrote:
> >Mr. Chair,
> >
> >In other words, are you prepared to continue with the mandate
> >granted you by the majority of the the voting
> >members of the WGr, to complete the task you
> >originally took to hand?
>
> Of course. I'm quite perplexed as to why you seem to think that not posting
> to this list for two days is abandonment.

Well, for one, there was a schedule set up for the WG-Review, it seems to me
that we are more than "two days" behind that schedule.

> I'm also perplexed as to why
> there were so few posts about General Assembly questions, and none about
> the Names council questions.

Probably because there is no definition of the GA.  The WG is not here to
provide one, but to honestly point out the fact that there is no clear answer
as to what the GA does, how it operates, nor what its ultimate responsibilities
are.  A

> I'm perplexed as to why so few people posted
> comments on the task force report, too. As to the status of the WG, we're
> still operating, if there are people left who have something to say on the
> topics.

I think there are still plenty with lots to say, I just think they've gone to
ground due to the apparent switch of focus by many members of the WG, including
yourself.  In poin of fact, I'm thinking a lot of others are wondering just
what is going on here.

> Off list, several members of the WG have expressed concern in the last
> couple of days about votes. Their concern has been based on appearance is
> that there are so few members left that any vote will simply be waved off
> as unrepresentative.

Why don't we try voting on this very question... on-list.  In other words let
us vote on the question: "Shall we have any further votes on the WG?" and see
what happens.

> The suggestion has been made that we simply try to
> summarize material, and incorporate minority opinions on the summaries into
> the report.

By whom?  What exactly does "incorporate minority opinions" mean exactly?
Personally, I think we should finish what we started, and not shirk our initial
program because some of us may have eyes for "greener" pastures!  Why don't we
have an open-list vote on this?


Sotiris Sotiropoulos
        Hermes Network, Inc.

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