+1 @Sam. Cheers ! -Olevie- 2014-07-12 19:45 UTC, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi Dan, Milton and all, > > On Jul 12, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Dan Krimm <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > [SNIP] > >> If GAC is really trying to gain proportionally greater influence on the >> CG, >> then I think that should be forcefully resisted. > > +1. > >> If GAC just wants to have accurate expression of its varied views (and >> thinks that requires all >> "viewers" being explicitly present), then that should be extended equally >> to other SGs at the same time. All or nothing. > > As per my understanding, GAC communiques are drafted using consensus amongst > their members (in the absence of any formal objection). In the case of an > inability to reach the required level of decision-making, the GAC Chair is > required to convey the full range of views expressed by the membership. It > has always been their modus operandi to use this decision making mechanism. > I don't understand why it is suddenly becoming an issue with this > coordination group, unless of course, it is an attempt to (as Milton puts > it) make the group into a voting body rather than a representative one > liaising with its own AC within the ICANN community. This kind of > representation doesn't apply to a collective of the four SGs within the > GNSO, so I would (IMHO) avoid conflating the two issues. Four (or more) > representatives from the GNSO shouldn't equate to more reps from the GAC. > > One representative should be enough to liaise with the GAC. A second one > serves as backup, which may very well be needed. Five (one for each world > region) sounds a bit over-the-top to me. > > For more on GAC operating procedures in this context, please check Principle > 47 and the footnote at the bottom of the page found here: > https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/GAC+Operating+Principles > > Thanks. > > Amr -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Responsable Département CERGI-Education (http://www.cergibs.com) CEO de INTIC4DEV (http://www.intic4dev.org) SG de ESTETIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Membre de ISoc (www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org/>) & du FOSSFA ( www.fossfa.net) ICANN-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) BP : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 98 43 27 72 Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé - Togo