Hi ! Great news ! There is a lot to learn for a newcomer like me ... ;-). Thanking you so much, with my warmest regards ... i'm following up ..., -Olevie- 2013/1/22, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi, > > I wasn't in ICANN at the beginning, But when I started in 2005 there was a > GAC Liaison in the GNSO who actually participated from time to time. Those > who wee around n the days of DNSO and names council can probably give an > indication on whether there was participation/lision way back then. > > As for politics entering the process too soon: from the time the Issues > report is published, politics is in the process. > > avri > > > On 22 Jan 2013, at 14:29, Dan Krimm wrote: > >> Thanks Avri for remembering my prior questions. There is a certain >> poetic >> resonance to the idea of "accountable and transparent Accountability and >> Transparency Reviews." :-) >> >> >> As for the GAC role, can the more veteran members here review for us what >> the GAC was supposed to accomplish when it was first incorporated into >> ICANN's policy-making structure? >> >> My gut sense is that it was simply a way to allow governments to weigh in >> on GNSO policy sort of as a last step before Board consideration -- >> perhaps with enough weight that in serious cases policy could be thrown >> back to GNSO for reconsideration? But was the idea to try to hold off >> GAC >> (i.e., politics) to a large extent and first try to let the consensus >> process work its way through? >> >> Of course, there is a lot of implicit politics in the consensus process, >> and so it's probably not accurate to see the consensus process as a pure >> rational dynamic devoid of power (i.e., political) considerations. >> >> Acknowledging the politics inherent in the current (and perhaps any) >> implementation of the consensus process, the devil's advocate suggests >> that GAC might as well get involved earlier. On the other hand, even if >> purity is not an option, at least we might push back as much as possible >> against politics entering the policy process too soon. >> >> What I'd like to see is a more detailed discussion of this in the context >> of actual ICANN policy structures. I haven't been directly enough >> involved recently to evaluate how things actually work in practice. >> >> Dan >> > -- Olévié (Olivier) A. A. KOUAMI Consultant et Formateur, Expert en TIC Directeur Exécutif de INTIC4DEV (INstitut des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication POUR le Développement (http://www.intic4dev.org et http://www.intic4dev.com) Secrétaire Général de ESTETIC (Entente des Spécialistes Togolais en TIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Program Committee Co-Vice Chair ICANN, Not-for-profit Organization Constituency NPOC Executive Committee (http://www.npoc.org/npocexecutivecommittee.html) Boîte Postale 14 BP 71 Tél.: (228) 23 20 65 01 Mob1.: (228) 90 98 86 50 Mob2.: (228) 97 18 36 09 Skype : olevie1 Facebook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé - Togo