Re: [soac-mapo] OK, so what happens next?

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Good question.

Have the collective  of the SOAC chairs actually made a decision that we should 
go ahead and talk?

Have any GAC members joined the list?

a.


On 16 Aug 2010, at 11:41, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> 
> The GAC has made its statement. Some preliminary discussions within At-Large 
> have suggested that the sky has indeed not fallen and that this the GAC 
> statement is more of an opening statement than a final decision.
> 
> The GAC statement calls for further discussion. Some will say that this is 
> just a call to argue the details to implement what some (including myself) 
> see as a draconian least-common-denominator approach to TLD strings, 
> premitting only that which is not offensive to anyone. I disagree, and see 
> this as at least an opportunity to engage and produce something that protects 
> free speech (as we had been told in F2F meetings by many GAC delegates) as 
> well as addresses fears expressed in the statement.
> 
> The only thing that nobody wants is the status quo, which is what will remain 
> if we ignore the opportunity.
> 
> It appears to have been the consensus of the chairs of ALAC, GAC and GNSO 
> that this mailing list is the appropriate forum for such engagement, yet I 
> have seen nothing here since the immediate reaction to the GAC statement.
> 
> What is anyone waiting for? If the GAC is serious about wanting dialogue -- 
> as it has indicated -- than it must be part of this conversation. Indeed, 
> there must *be* a conversation.
> 
> - Evan
>