[NCUC-DISCUSS] Troika merge proposal

[Mueller, Milton L]

Dear all

I have been too busy with policy work to even participate in this discussion so far. I have not even had time to read all the messages related to this. (As you may know, the Whois-related EPDP is trying to finish up its work this week). Since I am definitely NCUC “old school” as Joly puts it, that explains my silence.

However, unlike Joy or Kathy I am very glad Sam brought it up! Thank, you, Sam. And - like several others who commented - I strongly support the idea. I disagree with those who see policy work as making it impossible for us to consider the merger idea. One of the reasons our policy work is so uncoordinated is that we have this horrible fragmented constituency structure that was foisted on us for really bad reasons some time ago.

Our NCSG chair and Constituency chairs are largely administrative positions. And this is an administrative issue. Why don’t Bruna and the NPOC and NCUC chairs get together and push this forward? It will require a charter amendment, so the first task is to draft the amendments.  I can provide advice, will review drafts.

Solving this problem while we have a chance is important.

Dr. Milton L Mueller
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Public Policy
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From: Ncuc-discuss <ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> On Behalf Of Joy Liddicoat
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 1:07 AM
To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Troika merge proposal


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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