[NA-Discuss] GNSO reform and ALAC

[Ross Rader]

Wendy Seltzer wrote:
> What a farce.
> 
> Whether or not the document is any good

It isn't. It completely marginalizes the individual registrant and user 
communities by shifting most of the power to the commercial 
user/commercial registrant community (read: IPC/ISPC/BC).

I think the paper is correct in pointing out that contracted parties do 
need some sort of grouping, but it forgets that registrants (of all 
types) are a highly important component of this. My strongest preference 
has always been to provide the contracted parties with 1/2 of the vote 
of the Council, and the user community with the other 1/2. How the 1/2s 
get divided up is a matter for discussion, but I think its time for a 
serious discussion of these matters before some half-baked scheme like 
this commercial power grab gets institutionalized.

Sorry for cross posting this - not sure where this thread should 
actually live.

/ross