[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013

[Dan Krimm]

Sorry not to be able to join you all in BA, but this circumstance is part
and parcel of the trade-off of the volunteer model of multi-stakeholder
representation.  It's true that "professionalizing" the representation
creates dependencies all its own, and that is not necessarily a perfect
solution either, especially when such representation is designed to be
"universal" in some sense but falls prey to "special interests" in a biased
manner.

But "special interests" take advantage of this MSM situation as well.
Other institutional participants have the resources to allocate paid time
for this participation on the part of one or more paid employees.  Those
constituencies (in the general sense) that do not have such excess lobbying
resources on average will be systematically underrepresented, even with the
supposed advantage of greater numbers (of small institutions and
individuals).  In the end, such paid participants are "professionalized" in
the same way that formally-compensated representatives are, and subject to
at least the same degree of bias as in more conventional professional
representational systems if not even more).  The "collective action
problem" does not go away, no matter what system you use.

It think MSM advocates need to look this issue straight in the face and
acknowledge it for what it is.  Either it can be finessed somehow (funding
grants to assist participation, and this is done to some extent for travel
to distant lands, but does nothing for the "heavy lifting" of day-to-day
participation), or else it will continue to be a structural imperfection in
the representational model.

Have a good meeting down there,

Dan




At 11:07 AM -0200 11/19/13, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
>Grande Tapani, my reasons for not running for EC again are quite similar
>to yours. Simply cannot cope with a growing set of tasks and the backlog
>is about to become unmanageable...
>
>You of course will be missed.
>
>fraternal regards
>
>--c.a.
>
>On 11/19/2013 10:59 AM, Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza wrote:
>> This is really a pity, Tapani, but we all know how burdensome it can be to
>> handle multiple tasks. We can only hope that you continue to be involved
>> with NCUC activities as your contribution has been invaluable not only to
>> the EC but to the whole constituency.
>>
>> Best,
>> Carlos
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/19 Tapani Tarvainen <tapani.tarvainen at effi.org>
>>
>>> Dear fellow NCUC members,
>>>
>>> After some heavy soul-searching and reflection upon the past
>>> year, I must, with no small amount of regret and sadness,
>>> decline my nomination as a candidate for European representative
>>> to the Executive Committee of the Non-Commercial Users' Constituency.
>>>
>>> I would like to sincerely thank Kate Smith-Lawrence for nominating me
>>> and the amazingly numerous people who've supported me. I must also
>>> apologize for this very late announcement, but the decision was not
>>> easy.
>>>
>>> In the end, however, it has become clear that I cannot continue.
>>>
>>> My reasons have little to do with NCUC EC as such. Admittedly I have
>>> been frustrated by my inability to work there as efficiently as I
>>> would've liked, but the main reason for that as well as for my
>>> decision to drop out is that certain events of my life outside ICANN
>>> (yes, I do have life outside ICANN) have taken a much heavier toll on
>>> me than I have realized, and I have overloaded myself with more work
>>> than I can handle.
>>>
>>> Faced with the need to unload something to keep myself from burning
>>> out, the first to suffer will, inevitably, be volunteer work, and
>>> I would not want to be in the EC knowing I would not be able to
>>> give it enough time and attention.
>>>
>>> Fortunately, however, we have a good slate of candidates and
>>> I have no doubt we'll have a great Executive Committee next
>>> year, whoever gets elected.
>>>
>>> Finally, I'd like to thank my fellow EC members, Bill, Ed, Wilson,
>>> Carlos, Norbert, Peter, Milton and Rafik: it's been a privilege to
>>> work with you, as well as with the entire NCUC community.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tapani Tarvainen
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