ICANN's press release read:
>The constituencies, which will elect the
>Names Council to act as the governing body of the Domain Name Supporting
>Organisation (DNSO), are the core of the DNSO.
For the record, I think a better way of understanding the DNSO is to
place the General Assembly at its "core."
While the constituencies collectively may comprise a substantial
percentage of the General Assembly, there are many unaffiliated
individuals and groups that may only find a place to participate in the
General Assembly.
Whether a substantive policy proposal should be adopted is measured by
the degree of consensus in the General Assembly. This is in keeping with
the bottom-up decision-making style that should characterize the DNSO.
I realize that this was just a press release, but I wanted to point out
what I thought was a mistake in word choice.
-- Bret
