[At-Large] Fwd: [governance] EC recommends a "G12" for IG

[McTim]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:
> "Patrick Vande Walle" <patrick at vande-walle.eu> writes:
>
>> IMHO, the GAC crowd is too large and heterogeneous to come up with a
>> clearly defined policy. At one stage, we need limited number of serious
>> high level diplomats. Now, how they are chosen is a different matter. And
>> a
>> very scary one I do not wish to solve.
>
> Your observations about GAC are right on target, and I've heard exactly the
> same thing from two different GAC members in the past month. Needless to
> say, they were in the "higher-level" diplomat status.
>
> How about an evolution of GAC, with a GAC12 council?

How about GZero?

I wonder if we have anything like consensus in the caucus on the question:
 "Does ICANN need governmental oversight?"

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McTim
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