Hi Bret,
At 1/31/99, 12:06 PM, Bret A. Fausett wrote:
>
>One more thought as we continue to talk about this idea of a
>constituency-based Names Council, and the addition of constituencies
>beyond those in current drafts.
>
>While I see nothing wrong with adding new constituencies, we ought to
>make sure that we create constituencies that people active in this
>process would actually belong to. What I mean to say is that I haven't
>seen a whole lot of interest from colleges and universities,
It could be argued that colleges and universities
are the silent *majority*. After all, their point
man has just been elected president of ICANN, and
given a vote on the board.
>free speech
>interests,
EFF, CPSR, DNRC, ICIIU
>and even a more broadly defined public intererest group in DNS
>policy or in the creation of the DNSO.
EFF, CPSR, DNRC, ICIIU
>Which is not to say that we should exclude them from the initial model.
>But perhaps it would be better to create groups that embody the interests
>that have been active in this process.
In many cases, these newly emerging stakeholder
communities *have* been active in this process.
Why discount their participation?
Remember, if we tried to define stakeholder
communities five years ago, we would have had
just three: Military, Educational, Technical!
Jay.
>If we get it wrong, there is a
>provision in the draft bylaws for the creation of new constituencies and
>the assignment of new seats. And if we've got it wrong, we're going to
>hear about it pretty quick.
>
>It might be better to err on the side of too few constituencies than to
>create constituencies that no one joins. If we devote our drafting
>efforts to creating a mechanism for fluid, changing constituencies, we'll
>always have built in protection.
>
> -- Bret
>
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