Sorry, Bradley. Your input was exactly what I had been waiting for and I
feel very sorry that being absent for a few days makes you feel being
railroaded.
This is how we all feel with the DNSO "working groups" and the ICANN
deadlines.
If you are sick for a week, events are already moving beyond you.
>Well, yes. I do have another suggestion, and I'm going to make it even though
>the ballot is already out there on the floor.
>
>I suggest that we put the existing name of the organization on the ballot:
>which reads...
>
>"The Cyberspace Association, the Constituency of Individual Domain Name
>Owners"
>
>Personally, I think that's a decent moniker for an association that drives a
>constituency known as the "IDNO" at indo.org.
>
>What we ultimately call ourselves is really of little conseqence except for
>the perceived power vested in a name. My stern objection is that we (Not me)
>have pushed something through without what could be adequately considered as
>a reasonable time for a request for comments to mature and receive response
>- IT HAS BEEN FASTRACKED - right past some of us (Me especially) who would
>have reasonably expected to be given the opportunity of input - And were only
>just over a hundred members.
>
>This could smell a little bit like the city council that wants to develop a
>tract and pushes it through with only enough time for the residents of that
>city to find out that they missed the public hearing on the matter.
>
>I'm not saying ( and I don't want anyone to ger the idea that I am) that
>anyone is actually railroading here. I understand that we're short on time to
>get alot of things done, and we need to move fast in the short term. But I am
>a member of this organization predicated upon the principle that I have a
>voice and can participate in decision processes where this organization is
>concerned.
>
I am very sensitive to this argument and the best think we can do to
rectify this is to add immediately another voting topic on the name,
whereby we add the option that you indicate: to leave the Cyberspace
Association, the Constituency of Individual Domain name Owners
as it is.
Now this is what will happen anyway, in case the Cyberspace Association
wins the most votes.
So , no harm will be done in any case, but I am very sorry that even one
member would feel that the democratic process is not properly served.
Now, the more important topic up for the vote is the election of a steering
committee from among all the members.
In my impatience to forge ahead I was hoping to bring this election about
before the end of this week and I have been putting pressure on the
membership committee to come up with a clean and verified voters' roll.
What do you think would be a proper period of time to give the nominees to
campaign (other than their web-statements) and more nominations to be brought?
Would you prefer 14 days from now? Then we have only 24 days left before
Santiago.
It is the damned ICANN deadlines that are driving us. How much time will
our steering committee have to get ready for Santiago?
--Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap of
the Cyberspace Association,
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.idno.org
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