[NCUC-DISCUSS] Another must-read about the CCWG accountability proposal

[David Post]

My colleague Danielle Kehl, in connection with another paper we're 
doing on the transition and the accountability proposals, has come up 
with a very useful spreadsheet that supplements Brenden's earlier 
analysis of the voting allocations (at 
http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/08/11/ccwg-community-mechanism-threatens-to-upset-icann-balance/#comment-40415 
).

You can access the spreadsheet here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OqhS0LJmTQZpqnnKf8kVCHWW_1KH_6YMEWT815Rr27w/edit#gid=0

We were trying to figure out: how do the different voting allocation 
schemes affect the kinds of coalitions among the different groups 
that are necessary to take actions (or to veto actions by 
others)?  Here's Danielle's description of how she put the 
spreadsheet together:

"At the top I copied the chart from Brenden's original analysis, and 
then using the percentages calculated the minimum number of SOs and 
ACs in various combinations that it would take to get 75% for the 
high threshold community powers like recalling the entire board or 
approving a fundamental bylaw (and then what it would take to get a 
25% coalition to block one of those actions) as well as the 66% 
required to reject a budget/operating plan or veto a change to the 
standard bylaw (and again, the 34% coalition you'd need to get to 
block one of those actions). The colors aim to make it a little bit 
easier to parse which of the voting structures we're looking at 
(Current Proposal, Alternative #1, Alternative #2, and Alternative 
#3). I called out the specific ACs in the current proposal since 
they're apportioned different votes; everywhere else I just use SO or 
AC generically since they're all weighted equally, although obviously 
the ALAC and GAC are the ones of greater concern."

Standing alone it doesn't necessarily indicate which proposal is the 
best one, but it should hopefully clarify the various positions on 
that question -

David

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David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation
blog (Volokh Conspiracy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post
book (Jefferson's Moose)  http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n
music http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic  publications 
etc.  http://www.davidpost.com
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