Re: [gnso-ppsc-wg] Your feedback requested - section 3.2. Representativeness

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 4 May 2010, at 14:37, Marika Konings wrote:

> 3.2. Representativeness
> 
> Ideally, a Working Group should mirror the diversity and representativeness 
> of the GNSO community by having representatives from most, if not all, GNSO 
> Stakeholder Groups and/or Constituencies. It should be noted that certain 
> issues might be more of interest to one part of the community than others. 
> The Chair, in cooperation with the GNSO Secretariat and ICANN Staff, is 
> expected to assess whether the WG has sufficiently broad representation, and 
> if not, which groups should be approached to encourage participation. 
> Similarly, if the Chair is of the opinion that there is over-representation 
> to the point of capture, he/she should inform the Chartering Organization. 
> 
> Comments
> 
> INTA: The Committee applauds the statement in this subsection that “a Working 
> Group should mirror the diversity and representativeness of the GNSO 
> community by having representatives from most, if not all, GNSO Stakeholder 
> Groups and/or Constituencies.” The Committee also appreciates that this 
> subsection requires that the Chair, GNSO Secretariat and ICANN Staff to 
> assess whether the WG has sufficiently broad representation and requires the 
> Chair to inform the Chartering Organization if the Chair believes there is 
> overrepresentation of a particular constituency to the point of “capture.” In 
> the continued spirit of transparency and insuring inclusiveness, the 
> Committee recommends:
> 
> · Amending this subsection to provide some sort of formal mechanism to ensure 
> that the Chair affirmatively confirm that there is inclusive representation 
> and not overrepresentation.

not sure what they are looking.
we already say the chair should do something.
and we say elsewhere that the chair should be a good chair or else.
and we say the chair has to report on the representativeness in a report at the 
end (i think)
i think it is covered.

a.