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 > >Paul Rosenzweig >Red Branch Consulting, PLLC >509 C St. NE >Washington, DC 20002 ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > >O: +1 (202) 547-0660 >M: +1 (202) 329-9650 >VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739 >Skype: paul.rosenzweig1066 ><http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/>www.redbranchconsulting.com >www.paulrosenzweigesq.com ><http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=9>Link >to my PGP Key ><http://www.rsaconference.com/events/us16?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=speakers-us2016> >[] > > > ******************************* David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation blog (Volokh Conspiracy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post book (Jefferson's Moose) http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n music http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic publications etc. http://www.davidpost.com *******************************