[ga-abuse] The Art of Persuasion

["Patrick Corliss" <patrick@quad.net.au>]

Hi Danny & List Monitors

Thank you for accepting the motion.  It's a pity the vote cannot be
conducted until October.  It may be that this could incorporate the Best
Practices Guidelines as well.

Meanwhile there are 18 declared supporters (excluding the Chair).  I have
not included Joanna Lane who supported the concept but disagreed with the
wording.

Those firmly opposed are William X. Walsh and Joe Kelsey.  Ha !!
I see 20 in favour and 2 opposed as pretty overwhelming support.

Certainly there is a clear consensus (if taken as a two-thirds majority).

The list rules provide that issues must be on topic to the business on the
GA.  Have you any view on the idea of the List Monitors encouraging
people to use [ga-rules] for debate on procedural issues?

Personally I would prefer to enforce compliance but consider that reminders
would be fairly effective.  My post listing the supporters is shown below.

Thanks again.

Regards
Patrick Corliss

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Corliss <patrick@quad.net.au>
To: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
Cc: [ga] <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Motion Accepted


> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 01:33:50 EDT, Danny Younger wrote:
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> > I have no objection to accepting the motion that you have proposed.
> > At some point our Secretariat will advise when it is ready to once more
> > support the activities of the General Assembly.  Perhaps we might be
> > able to conclude a vote on this motion by early October (according to
> > the most recent timetable put forth).  In the meantime, you may wish to
> > get a "sense of the GA" on this topic through a poll.
>
> Thank you for your support and your comments.  By my count, there are
> 18 declared supporters for the present proposal:
>
> *    Peter de Blanc
> *    Roeland Meyer
> *    Leah Gallegos
> *    Jefsey Morfin
> *    Ken Stubbs
> *    William S. Lovell
> *    Marilyn Cade
> *    Ross Wm. Rader (for Tucows)
> *    Bradley Thornton
> *    Alexander Svensson
> *    Michael McNulty
> *    Joop Teernstra
> *    Erica Roberts
> *    Marc Schneiders
> *    Vany Martinez
> *    John C. Lewis
> *    Derek Conant (with reservations)
> *    Patrick Corliss (myself)
>
> I believe that we have sufficient mandate to request members to use the
> [ga-rules] mailing list to debate procedural or other administrative
issues
> like websites, mailing lists, etc.
>
> > To facilitate that effort, and in response to the recommendation put
forth
> > by Bill Lovell to create our own website, I have begun building such a
> > site (with an area devoted to current motions).  You may visit
> > http://www.icannworld.org to see the results of my efforts over the
> > course of this weekend.
>
> I would, of course, thank both Bill Lovell and yourself, as well as Joanna
> Lane, for your kind efforts.
>
> One wonders why we cannot incorporate these initiatives into the current
> DNSO website.  I see this as an issue that needs to be discussed on the
> [ga-rules] mailing list.
>
> > Clicking on the General Assembly Link will take you to the page that
> > leads you to the Straw Poll.
>
> Thank you.  At least we start with the 18 names above (19 if we include
> yourself) in favour of discussing non-substantive issues on the [ga-rules]
> mailing list.
>
> I see that as sufficient mandate to encourage compliance with this motion.
>
> > Best regards,
> > Danny
>
> Best wishes
> Patrick Corliss
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