RE: [wg-review] 4. [GA] Draft Text Clarification Greg Burton

[Adam PEAKE <pja@glocom.ac.jp>]

>(f) The Officers of the GA shall be members of the Names Council.

Are they expected to be voting members?
GA Chair and co-chair perhaps, but the ombudsman? Is it unusual for
unusual for ombudsmen to have a vote?

Couple of general GA related comments, I am not sure if they are
relevant to the issues in this thread, hope so of course...

1.  Add some text that requires the names council to explain any
decisions it makes with respect to recommendations it receives from
working groups (so there is no repeat of WG-C, why "6-10 new TLDs" was
ignored.) Important the NC explains its actions with respect to WGs, if
it creates or endorses a group to do work it has an obligation to
explain any decision it takes regarding the work produced.

2.  NC selection and election of DNSO Board members.
The Names Council selects 3 board members from among nominations
received from the GA.  It is incestuous for NC members to also be able
to nominate and then support candidates given that they are the only
ones able to vote in the "election".  The current arrangement
potentially provides an end-run around the GA process, i.e. should the
NC not like the GA selections it can collectively select a candidate(s)
of its own choosing and then elect that candidate.

I hope the Review will recommend that Names Council members may not
participate in the GA nomination and endorsement process for selecting
candidates for DNSO Board elections.

Thanks,

Adam

Adam Peake
GLOCOM  Tokyo


>On 02:17 AM 2/14/01, Adam Peake said:
>>Greg, apologies, I have lost track of issues on the WG review list.
>>My comments in reply to your GA draft text for the bylaws were not
entirely
>>relevant
>
>Thanks, Adam - I thought they were pretty relevant, myself :)
>
>Regards,
>Greg
>
>sidna@feedwriter.com



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