RE: [ALSC-Forum] Monday outreach meeting

[Bruce Young]

Karl wrote:

>Personally, I'm rather tired of hearing people being told to ride at the
>rear of the ICANN bus while arbitrary classes of "stakeholders" are
>invited to ride up front.

You and me both!  And you example comparing this to a historic civil rights
issue is wholly appropriate!

>In the absence of strong procedural protections,
>"consensus" is often a shorthand for a situation in which the real
>decisionmaking power is shifted into the hands of a chairman or a "board".

In their context, yes.  However, in my opinion, true concensus can only come
from a vote of the
Internet community.

>This need for strong procedural protections is why I am so strongly in
>favor of procedural rules such as that proposed by Mark Langston:
>
>	http://www.bitshift.org/archives/rror.shtml

I hadn't seen this before.  I like them as well!  Bookmarked!  :)  Is any
attempt being made to give these rule similar authority to Roberts?

Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon
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