[81594] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [NON-OPERATIONAL] Re: NANOG Evolution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hannigan, Martin)
Mon Jun 20 23:13:03 2005
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:09:37 -0400
From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
To: "Steve Feldman" <feldman@twincreeks.net>
Cc: "Daniel Golding" <dgolding@burtongroup.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>,
<nanog-support@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Feldman [mailto:feldman@twincreeks.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:34 PM
> To: Hannigan, Martin
> Cc: Daniel Golding; nanog@merit.edu; nanog-support@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: [NON-OPERATIONAL] Re: NANOG Evolution
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[SNIP ]
> I agree, this is an imperfect mechanism, but there was a desire
> to get the process going well in advance of the next meeting.
> Otherwise we would have to wait a few extra months. Also, note
> that not all voters will be at any given meeting.
All the broadcast mechanisms will be.=20
[ SNIP ]
> > [ dead horse ]
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> > Lastly, "6.2.1 Program Committee Membership and Selection " is=20
> > not acceptable, IMO, for the group at large. It should be=20
> normalized=20
> > much like the Mailing List Admins. This disables the ability of the=20
> > Steering Committee to lead.=20
> >=20
> > Ultimately, the SC is elected to represent the membership and=20
> > carry out it's will and that should be uniformly actionable=20
> > across the board in order for the SC to be taken seriously
> > by the group and by Merit.
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> I'm not sure what you mean here.
It means that it doesn't make a lot of sense to handcuff
the SC out of the gate on a supposition that they will do
'something bad' to the PC.=20
Anyhow, it's a window dressing handcuffing. Looks like anyone can be
removed with a 5 to 7 vote of the SC. You've all read the revised=20
Charter, top to bottom? Kind of makes 6.2.1 ceremonial. It should
be removed based on that alone.
[ SNIP. It's procedural, not personal ]
-M<
