Re: Motion to accept Re: PAB charter

Ivan Pope (ivan@netnames.com)
Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:25:03 +0100


Jim Dixon wrote:
>
>For the Nth time, the proposition is: EuroISPA will urge its members
>to join [fax in a signature] if two conditions are met:
>
>[1] each can appoint whoever they wish as their representative and

This has never been an issue - anyone can be the rep.

>[2] each designated representative will have as many votes, where
> votes are relevant, as there are organizations appointing him or
> her as their representative.
>
>For example, if N members of ECO sign the gTLD MOU and designate
>Michael Schneider as their representative, then Michael Schneider
>will have N votes in situations where voting is relevant.
>
>EuroISPA has nine member associations. I would expect that if we
>really push hard, we might get a significant part of each association
>to sign; something in the 20-60% region. Of these some would choose
>to represent themselves; more (70% ?) would choose a common
>representative. Since I am the person on the ISPA UK Council most
>knowledgeable in this area, I would probably be asked to act as
>ISPA UK's default representative. If I accepted, and if my
>guesstimates are correct, I might act as representative for 12-36 UK
>organizations out of ISPA UK's 83 or so members.
>

While I have no huge problem with this, it looks a bit strange. So long as
individual companies sign up, I'm sure they can nominate voting members.
However, it would surely be better for the organisation if members of those
organisations remained involved themselves. Some may not want to, but on
the whole it doesn't seem to be a problem. If I was a member of ISPA I
wouldn't want them to represent me. However, if they do, I don't have a
problem - so long as they actually sign!
Ivan