Andrew: There is no "power" that comes by forming a constituency. The old linkage between Council seats and constituencies is gone (thank God). > -----Original Message----- > From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Andrew A. Adams > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:29 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS] The Purpose of Constituencies? > > Milton and Jolie, > > Thanks for the information. > > I'm still conflicted on whether an academic constituency would be > worthwhile. > If it is needed to help balance the power distribution in NCSG because > of the way ICANN/GNSO views NCSG then it's a necessary evil, given that > we had the formal constituency model imposed upon us by the Board > (that's my reading of the charter process anyway - that NCSG had a > majority opposed to constituencies and that we weakened the Board's > requirements for giving power to constituencies but couldn't manage to > avoid them having some significant effect). We should think carefully as > to whether and how to work it. I think most of the academics here would > be willing to work to only exert any power that came with a constituency > in such a way as to counterbalance other unrepresentative power blocs > rather than to try to exert our own power. While the academics might > have other personal interests, of course, most of us I think are here > because we have an interest in trying to make ICANN fairer and better > run. On balance, therefore, with some careful drafting of a charter I > might be willing to support an academic constituency. > > > > -- > Professor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask] > Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and Deputy > Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics > Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/