Re: [atlarge-discuss] ALOC Draft - - "political parties"

[James Love <james.love@cptech.org>]

Esther Dyson wrote:
> Unfortunately, I am not in a position "to put Denise to work" on 
> something. What she writes is a balance between the ICANN board and what 
> she hears on the lists....  and as I said, when I floated this idea it 
> got no traction.
> 
> As I just asked, ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN PARTIES?

   I enjoy parties as much as the next person.  But what are you talking 
about.  People voting?   Please explain what a party does if elections are 
banned?

Jamie


> 
> I would be delighted to see some buy-in and then indeed I'm sure Denise 
> at least would pay attention.  Getting the board interested is an even 
> greater challenge, but yes, let's include it in the draft if there is 
> some visible interest.
> 
> Esther
> 
> 
> At 08:53 PM 7/28/2002, Joop Teernstra wrote:
> 
>> At 05:14 p.m. 28/07/2002 -0400, Esther Dyson wrote:
>>
>>> good idea..... but I've tried it before and it seems to have no 
>>> traction.  ANyone else??
>>
>>
>>
>> Esther,
>>
>> I remember that you mentioned representation based on Parties in an 
>> interview some time ago, but that was all.
>> If you had actually put Denise to work on writing draft parliamentary 
>> rules under which such a system could work, you would see instant 
>> traction.
>>
>> But it seems you yourself are only luke-warm to the idea, seeing it 
>> only as a solution for the "long term".
>>
>> I see it as the quickest way to stop much of the internecine bickering 
>> and fighting for control that will otherwise dog At Large organizing 
>> efforts.
>>
>> Fact is that different individuals have different priorities and 
>> points of view and will want to flock around  different representatives.
>>
>> Fact is that it personality conflicts between representatives drain a 
>> huge amount of energy out of a united effort, preventing constructive 
>> work on real issues.
>>
>> Multi-party representation provides the only solution to those problems.
>>
>>
>> --Joop
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