It does appear to be a particularly bad 
combination of (a) a proposal that has itself 
been considerably watered down, and (b) a Board 
that is suggesting that even that is too 
strong,and needs to be weakened further.

David


At 08:44 PM 12/14/2015, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:
>At the risk of stirring the pot, I want to ask 
>the community whether or not the accountability 
>proposal has been so watered down that the NCSG 
>ought to oppose it outright and, concurrently, 
>seek agreement from the Commercial users such 
>that the gNSO was opposed to the transition in 
>its current form.  If I were to tally the 
>reasons to oppose the current draft they would include:
>
>·        Enhanced GAC role through the 2/3 vote 
>rule and there membership in the Empowered Community
>·        Incomplete rights of inspection
>·        Continued board opposition to human 
>rights and mission statement as drafted
>·        Process fouls in any number of ways, 
>most recently in the overly short 21-day comment 
>period on what the Co-Chairs say is the “final report”
>·        Enhanced role of ACs in the empowered 
>community to the detriment of the SOs where 
>policy actually resides (this is above and beyond the GAC issue already noted)
>
>I could go on, but frankly, for myself, the 
>proposal seems to have fallen sufficiently short 
>that I would probably “vote” no, if votes were 
>being counted.  It seems to me that someone needs to say that out loud ….
>
>Paul
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