On 16-Jan-07, at 3:13 PM, Bret Fausett wrote:
3. On voting for ALAC seats, I think we shouldn't. As I see it, the problem is that we will have so many organizations, of varying membership sizes, with vastly differing interests in ICANN that "one organization, one vote" won't necessarily be fair. We've talked about this in ALAC previously, and I floated a proposal that would require the NARALO to select ALAC seats by rough consensus. If consensus cannot be found, the NARALO then forwards the names of all finalists with support, including a description of the candidates' respective levels of support within the NARALO, to the ICANN Nominating Committee for final selection. This is not perfect, but I think it's preferable to elections in this context.
bret: I really like the "rough consensus" proposal, as it is consistent with how NGOs are working in the Internet Governance forum. The question is figuring out appropiate language to draft. regards Robert