[atlarge-discuss] Re: [wg-bylaws] Re: [atlarge-panel] votes about to be called

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

When was the whole membership asked THEIR views on whether to participate in
ICANN's RALOs and asked their views on our relationship to ICANN?

I don't think there's been any vote on this at all.


----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [wg-bylaws] Re: [atlarge-panel] votes about to be called


> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Richard Henderson wrote:
>
> > Don't try to draft the mission statements until you have asked the
> > membership specifically what aims and goals they want for this
> > organisation.
>
>    ...this has been asked an answered more than once - it's time we move
> on!
>
>
> > It is not up to the panel to "decide" what mission statements are
viable.
> > It's up to the whole membership to "state" what criteria they want
included
> > (by asking them first) and THEN you build the mission statements around
>
>    ...again, how many times do we need to ask for and obtain the same
> input - once should have been enough.
>
>
> > I cannot participate at all in a vote on preferred mission statements,
> > when we have not allowed the membership its democratic voice to define
> > the criteria on which such statements should be built.
>
>    ...yes we have been given a democratic voice and we have defined the
> criteria on which the mission statements will be built (and more than once
> I might add) - if you cannot participate for your own reasons - then
> don't!
>
>
> > Until we know that, we are just foisting "top-down" options on the
> > membership. And "TELLING" them what they can vote for. That's not
> > acceptable.
>
>    ...until we stop asking the same questions over and over again, and
> continuing to ignore the same answers the questions obtain - all we are
> doing is NOT moving forward - taking months to stay at the same issue
> without any resolution, when the resolution has always been at hand. We
> are allowing ourselves to be stalled, when we should be moving forward.
> And, THAT is not acceptable...
>
>
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