We are obviously looking at different documents. The one I am looking at is pointed to by the 30 July Board meeting report (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-30jul09.htm). It is internally described as V2.0 dated 30 July 2009 and says: 8.2.3 Three Representatives Appointed by ICANN Board. The remaining three (3) GNSO Council representatives will be appointed by the Board as temporary placements, each serving two year terms, with the expectation that new Constituencies will form. What version are you looking at? Note that I am not arguing with the position that you and Beau are taking, just pointing at the documents that I can see. Alan At 15/10/2009 12:24 PM, Danny Younger wrote:
Alan,
The transitional NSCG Charter had this language:
"Remaining seats will be appointed by the Board as temporary placements with the expectation that new Constituencies will form."
Notice the word "temporary". We all had the reasonable expectation that "placeholder" actually meant placeholder-until-a-newly-formed-constituency-elects-its-representative.
This board action to hard-wire those seats to two year terms came totally out of left field with no community consultation whatsoever.
--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> Subject: Re: [At-Large] "placeholder" reps not placeholders? To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "ALAC Working List" <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:50 AM
That is what was in the re-drafted NCSG charter and what was approved by the Board as per the 30 July and 30 September Board meeting reports.
Since I have not seen prior comments that focused on this particular issue, it could be that it was not recognized or considered. As one of the leaders of a potential new constituency, you should bring this to the Boards's attention (presumably through Rob or Denise).
Alan
At 15/10/2009 09:35 AM, Beau Brendler wrote:
By the way, is it true what I heard that the three newly appointed GNSO people have now been hard-wired in to two-year terms? I don't really see a constituency model working under those circumstances. Who's going to join a constituency if they have to wait two years to be able to directly elect a representative? No consumer group I am aware of is going to want to do that..
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