[ICANN-EU] RE: nomination proceeding

["Andrew McLaughlin" <ajm@icann.org>]

Two additional thoughts from me:

1.  This year's at large election is something of an experiment -- during
the study, i'm sure we find plenty of mistakes, wrong assumptions, etc., and
find many improvements for future elections.  no one has attempted this kind
of an election process before.  The critical point is that the process of
creating the rules (and any future changes) takes place transparently, open
for anyone to participate and contribute.

During the study, everything (including the role and function of the
Nominating Committee) will be open to question, criticism, and revision.
Meanwhile, this election must proceed under the rules that resulted from the
1.5 years of debates and discussions.

2.  An interesting phenomenon in the ICANN process is the ever-growing
numbers of new participants -- they sometimes find a policy they do not
like, and say "Wait!  You must stop (or change) the policy, because I was
not involved as a participant six months ago, when this was debated and
decided."  This is a perfectly understandable reaction;  however, ICANN
cannot wait for every potential participant to get involved before making
decisions -- otherwise, we would be paralyzed for a decade.  With ICANN, as
with other organizations, you must show up and speak to have influence.

Best regards,

--Andrew



[ -----Original Message-----
[ From: Henning Fischer [mailto:Henning.Fischer@gmd.de]
[ Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 4:30 AM
[ To: icann-europe@fitug.de
[ Cc: ajm@icann.org; Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com
[ Subject: nomination proceeding
[ 
[ 
[ Dear candidates, dear Andrew,
[ 
[ I do not think it is very useful to focus the debate on the
[ question whether there should be two or more self-nominated
[ candidates for the ballot. Andrew is right when he says that
[ the whole election (and nomination) process bases on debates
[ long time ago. I agree with what Lutz mentioned in one of his
[ first mails:
[ 
[ "Europe and North America should be able to nominate candidates
[ themself. But it happend and we have to live with."
[ 
[ If someone feels unhappy with this result, he or she should
[ have reacted a bit earlier.
[ 
[ Regards
[ 
[ Henning Fischer
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