Dennis and all, d3nnis wrote: > Dr Quaynor -- > > Thank you for responding to urgent requests from the GA. > > Your reasons for declining a moderator role at this point are respectful of ICANN's >by-laws, and help to counteract the negative effects created by the Board's and the >NC's continual abuse of those by-laws. > > There is one are where you still have the potential -- by virtue of your status as >former chair -- to inculcate within the GA a fundamental sense of respect for the >notion of membership, if not for democracy itself. You said, in essence " The NC has >called for nominations from GA members -- not from the GA as an organized > body." > > That attitude by the NC is deplorable. Since they, too, are members of the GA, and >since the GA is the site of furious attempts to pack the 'membership', the NC's >request of "members" as opposed to a request of the body itself. It is equivalent to >a fraudulent election in which the winner decides whose vote counts. Yes this statement is very deplorable, but not unexpected from Dr. Nii. In case you may have forgotten this same person, Dr. Nii, attempted to register two separate organizations as their representative as NCDNHC members. It is all there in the NCDNHC archives for you or anyone to review. > > > As the only chair the GA has had, and someone who demonstrated the ability to >communicate GA messages in spite of pressure from the NC, your voice has prestige >within all segments of the GA. Were you to approach the NC and request that they not >submit the GA to this form of insult, this request would carry great weight. > > You could make a lasting contribution to the GA if you were to ask the NC to >designate a > temporary chair -- such as yourself -- for the purpose of recognizing and >entertaining motions relative to the NC's request. > > I hope you will consider this. Don't count on it Dennis. > > > Regards > > Dennis Schaefer > Marblehead MA > USA > > ---------- > > Sorry for repeat. > > ---------------------- > > Members, > > > > I have followed the constructive discussions on the nominations procedures > > with keen interest. I have also noted the requests for me to provide some > > coordination in this exercise. I will love to do that but the facts below > > prevent me from having such a responsibility: > > > > 1. My role as GA Chair terminated at the end of the LA conference since my > > appointment was specifically to chair the LA meeting. Hence, I will be > > out-of-order if I assumed such a role. > > > > 2. The call for nomination procedure also appear to suggest that the > > proposals come from members of GA, not from the GA as an organized body. > > > > 3. WG-D was asked to study the issue of an organized GA versus non-organized > > GA at LA meeting. > > > > Under the circumstances, I could not assume any formal role but suggest the > > following: > > > > 1. we sanitize the 7 or so proposals identified in the GA, by forming a > > drafting team to assist the proponents detail the proposals. the drafting > > team includes the authors, wd-g chairman and one or two enthousiasts. > > > > 2. the authors/proponents submit their final detailed proposals themselves > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as requested. > > > > 3. WG-D Chairman provide some analysis of the proposed procedures to both > > the [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] The term of the Chairman of WG-D > > is active and is tasked with recommending procedures and policies. A report > > from the WG-D Chairman of these procedures to NC is in order and would be > > well received. > > > > Such an approach ensures we are within the scope of the bylaws and also > > follow the intent of the guidelines of the NC call for nominations > > procedures. > > > > Best Regards, > > Nii > > > > > > > > Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
