[ncdnhc-discuss] transfers tk

[DannyYounger at cs.com]

On 2 August, Jamie sent a note to this list requesting that someone be 
appointed in his place to serve on the Transfers Task Force.  Seven weeks 
later Jamie again finds it necessary to reiterate his request to be allowed 
to resign from the TF.  This should be a clear signal to all of you that a 
major problem exists within this constituency and that your AdCom is clearly 
not doing the job that they were elected to do.  

I would think that most of you would be embarrassed by the fact that your own 
constituency website hasn't been updated since before Accra, that one can't 
even find either a list of your current Adcom members posted there or a list 
of your current paid-up organizational members, and that no recent Adcom 
teleconference minutes have been posted.  

As an organization whose members are known for their penchant for criticizing 
ICANN reform, you seem to have done very little to clean up your own act and 
have apparently managed to allow your own constituency to fall into a state 
of total disarray and neglect.  At the upcoming Names Council teleconference 
you will be asked regarding your plans to come into compliance with your 
financial obligations relative to the DNSO.  What progress has been made on 
this issue?  As usual, these matters haven't even been discussed with the 
membership, and it's doubtful whether you even have a viable constituency any 
longer.

The Blueprint recognized the need to retire constituencies when they are no 
longer viable.  Ask yourselves if this constituency can continue to justify 
its existence -- you certainly can't even pay your own bills.  You started 
out with almost two hundred member organizations -- how many now are current 
with their dues?  How many members have you lost, and why have you lost so 
many members?  More importantly, what are you doing about it?

How many remaining members actually participate in discussions of 
DNSO-related topics?  What was the position of this constituency on the WHOIS 
report?  Has the constituency even discussed the current Transfers TF report? 
 Where was the position paper of this constituency on the ICANN reform?  
Every other constituency sent an official constituency communique to the 
ERC's Forum -- yours did not.  Why didn't your leadership articulate such a 
constituency position?  

Reforming ICANN also means reforming each of its subordinate entities.  You 
might want to start thinking about how you intend to reform your own 
constituency.