Re: [ALSC-Forum] Option D

[Jeff Williams]

Bruce and all stakeholders or interested parties,

Bruce Young wrote:

> OK.  It's a nice way to take three votes away from the At-Large community,
> which I assume falls under the "Individuals" part of your User SO.  I think
> I see what you're trying to do, but all three SOs have a corporate
> component.  If we're going to have SOs, I'd rather see the following:
>
> A Technical SO:  would include all the standards organizations (IETF
> W3C, etc.), infrastructure companies, and service providers (registries,
> registrars, ISPs, ASPs, telecom, etc.).
> These are the guys that develop, implement, and maintain the network.
> Roughly equavalent to your Provider SO.
>
> A Commercial SO:  includes all companies that *make money* via the Internet,
> directly or indirectly (which these days would include probably every
> company on earth not represented by the Technical SO!).
>
> An At-Large SO:  includes every interested citizen of the world.  This would
> include members of the above companies and organizations, but only when
> speaking for themselves.  The views of their organizations and companies
> belong in the Technical or Commercial SO, as appropriate.

  This mostly looks like a replacement for the present "Constituency Model"
which currently is not working very well.  However perhaps a SO replacement
would be a more direct model that could have more success.

>
>
> I won't presume to state number of votes for each . . . as long as the
> At-Large SO gets 9!  :)

  I would state this differently.  That being "as long as the At-Large is
or has the majority of the BoD seats as they represent the majority
of the stakeholders/interested parties (some 82% Est. ).

>
>
> Bruce Young
> Advanced Desktop Services,  Nike Program
> Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications
> Phone: 503.532.9834
> Fax: 503.532.2617
> E-mail:  bruce.young@nike.com

Regards,

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