[NCUC-DISCUSS] Troika merge proposal

[james@icann.guru]

I doubt Im fully NCUC old guard but as one of the active members for the last 6 years or so I support it, we are too admin top heavy across the SG/C and not policy heavy enough, this would be an oppertunity to consolidate (Remember that NPOC has 37 members) and focus more on policy so that the small cadre of active members might actually be able to take a break, I believe that without that restructure and consolidation we will continue to decline.


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James Gannon
On 7/12/2020 6:55:51 AM, Joly MacFie <jolynyc at gmail.com> wrote:
I'm something of a lurker myself, but it would seem to me that merging the three constituencies would mean that the NCSG would be no longer a group, but just a constituency itself, and thus would lose weight.

While at the same time the NCUC would lose the ability to speak with a collective voice on such occasions it might differ from NPOC or whoever. 

I could be mistaken but I seem to recall the main justification for NPOC forming was a similar concern, mainly because they had different views over trademarks issues.

joly

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 1:06 AM Joy Liddicoat <joy at liddicoat.nz [mailto:joy at liddicoat.nz]> wrote:

Hi Joly - good question, thanks.  To be honest, I have no intention of responding to the debate at this point - the idea generates about as much interest as I would have in sharpening a blunt pencil and using it to poke holes in cheese.

No disrespect intended to those who favour discussing it, but honestly, with all the other issues in the DNS+ world right now, I would have thought better to engage in substantive policy work than on this kind of internal restructuring.
I acknowledge that I say this as someone who hasn't engaged in policy work for some time (for various reasons) and also being from New Zealand, where we currently have the privilege of living in a Covid-free community thanks to our strong political leadership and collective community action.  However, this does give me a different perspective on ICANN, gTLDs, ccTLDs and relative priorities.

Joy Liddicoat

On 12/07/2020 3:59 pm, Joly MacFie wrote:

I notice a deafeniing silence from the NCUC old school on this topic. Are we keeping our powder dry?

joly

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