[ncdnhc-discuss] In Support of an NCSO

[DannyYounger at cs.com]

Alejandro writes:  "Any restructuring as massive as the one you are proposing 
must be based on
careful consideration of the results of the DNSO Review as well as the ALSC, 
the views of other DNSO constituencies, and complex issues such as one you 
mention..."

I would like to comment on the "results" of the DNSO Review.  

At the point that the membership of the Review Working Group began arriving 
at conclusions that threatened the ongoing dominance of certain 
constituencies, the Review Working Group was instantly terminated by the 
leadership of the Council.

The Council was subsequently given the opportunity by the Board, via 
resolutions 01.28 and 01.29, to put forth plans that outlined DNSO procedural 
and structural changes.  The Council declined to put forth any such plans 
within the timeline specified or thereafter.

In the last six months, the Council's Review Task Force has generated no more 
than nine brief messages on their Task Force mailing list, and has not 
considered any restructuring options whatsoever.  

Their is no intent on the part of the Council to either "manage" a Review, or 
to reform.  

We have a dysfunctional unit (the DNSO) within our ICANN organization.  The 
management of that unit was afforded the opportunity to evaluate and correct 
its problems.  It elected not to do so.   In light of the ALSC proposal, it 
would be thoroughly appropriate along functional lines to decommission the 
DNSO and to reintegrate its constituent units into new structures.  

If you cannot treat a cancer, you must cut it out.  

The proposal that YJ has put forth is indicative of a proper step forward in 
the evolution of our organization.  It recognizes that there are 
institutional needs that are not sufficiently addressed only within the 
context of an ALSO, and that those needs cannot be served by continued 
participation in a dysfunctional DNSO that is not amenable to change.

I support her efforts to achieve bottom-up self-organization as the needs of 
her constituents are not being met within the present structure.  While such 
restructuring may be perceived by some as "massive",  it is both warranted 
and in the best interests of the Corporation.