Hello, On Oct 22, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
I should have said:
"… the NCUC had asked the Board to refrain from approving any new GNSO Constituencies until "the ongoing debates over the status of Constituencies and their role in the NCSG is resolved next year""
As that would have precisely quoted you and what you said.
Please bear in mind that the NCUC letter is building off of the SIC/ staff transitional charter's language and other info we've received about the timeline for a review. However, once again, this does not mean that NCUC prefers an extended timeline for revising the charter consensually and launching qualifying constituencies thereafter. As I said to to Roberto the other day on this list, one of the disconnects concerns On Oct 18, 2009, at 6:18 PM, William Drake wrote:
*Whether constituencies should be formed soon under the SIC/staff transitional charter, rather than waiting a little while until a mutually satisfactory final arrangement can be arrived at. We remain concerned that doing it under the SIC/staff version would lock that in and make a joint review and revision impossible. The timing here is up to you folks on the board, not us. We'd prefer to resolve things with you ASAP, and constituency launches could then proceed as soon as there are viable proposals. Unfortunately, I think NCUC folks have contributed to confusion on this point by saying the review should happen within a year, which some have processed as meaning we want to wait a year before anything can be launched. Within a year doesn't mean in a year, we can do this as soon as you're ready.
That is, in Seoul or anytime soon thereafter. Best, Bill