Re: [ICANN-EU] Questions for Jeanette Hofmann and the other candidates

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>]

Joop,

My contribution.
>
>1.How are you going to promote the representation of Individuals in the 
>DNSO?
>Are you going to actively support the admission of a separate constituency
>for this group?

While it is true that it is the task of the ICANN BoD to approve new 
constituencies, it will do so following a proposal from the DNSO, not "motu 
proprio". I also assume that they will evaluate the proposal, and the 
comment of the DNSO (NC), and therefore it will be more appropriate to 
concentrate the effort in the DNSO, rather than to seek a possible 
endorsement outside.

You know my support of the representation of the Individuals - currently 
this is completely missing in the DNSO, so I don't lose time on that, but I 
would point out to all those on this list that are also thinking that 
something has to be done to ensure representativity of the Individuals on 
the DNSO that they should join the General Assembly, and express their POV 
there. If the ball does not get rolling in the GA, it is very unlikely that 
the ICANN Board will even have this on their future agendas.

>
>2. What are you proposing to do about  further balancing the DNSO's
>representativeness?
>

Please excuse me, but this is not the Board's business.
The DNSO has started a process in Yokohama - the DNSO Review - that 
addresses this concern, and I, as GA Chair, am participating to it with 
representatives of all Constituencies.
I will consider improper ingerence from the Board (and not in line with the 
proclaimed bottom-up nature of the process) the pressure for making things 
evolve in one or the other direction.


>3. What specific checks do you propose on the powers of the Names Council?
>

See above.

I am not arguing that some things do not need to be fixed in the DNSO, and 
in its internal balance of powers, but I strongly object on having these 
changes imposed by the Board.
If this will happen, the NC, GA, and all that jazz may well go home and do 
something else with the little precious time.

>4. Why don't you want to get paid?
>

I said that I was looking forward to reimboursement for expenses. And I 
still mean it. BTW, otherwise I could not perform the task of Director.

As for salary or something like that, I think that you don't really want the 
Directors to consider their ICANN activities as their primary source of 
income.
At least, I don't.


>Being an informed ICANN At Large Director is a full time job. Who will pay
>you for your livelihood?
>

My current employer, for services that I perform for him that are not 
related to ICANN and/or Internet.
Which is the best possible guarantee for independence.


Regards
Roberto



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