[IDNO:236] Re: Accepting an interim seat on the Names Council,

Karl Auerbach (karl@CaveBear.com)
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 18:49:25 -0700 (PDT)


> At 06:00 PM 6/9/99 -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote:
> >I have a direct stake in all of this and I have been apportioned zero vote
> >by the ICANN board.
>
> 1. As you may have noted, there is a clear and strong line of argument
> which disagrees with your assessment. I'll leave pursuing and supporting
> that line to others; they are quite good at it.

I do not need any line of argument. The facts are painfully clear:
Individuals get zero meaningful votes in the DNSO. They can only be part
of a mix called the General Assembly, which is almost powerless.

Those who float the claim that membership in ICANN's general membership is
equivalent to a voice in the DNSO have apparently not read the various
documents.

> 2. The way a constituency usually gets recognized is by organizing and
> demonstrating its cohesiveness and focus. That such a group is only just
> forming is not the ICANN Board's fault.

ICANN's board imposed the other constituencies. Many of them had (and
still have) far less form than does the IDNO.

> NSI, on the other hand, has millions of dollars for spending, to develop
> clever, subtle, indirect ways of making itself look good, and for keeping
> the process unstable. They have been spending their money well.

No doubt that NSI is using every trick in the book. And I would not be
sorry to see them fade into oblivion.

But then again, ICANN's board has been no white knight. It is ICANN's
actions that make it comparatively easy to digest NSI's manipulations.

--karl--

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