I support most of the MAC recommedations, Mr. Cook. Not all of them, but most of
them. I want the At-large Membership to be a large, open, democratic body; not a
selective, wealthy group. I want any Internet user to be eligible to serve on the
Board of ICANN, not just the people hand-picked by a Nominating Committee. I
think membership should be fee-based, but our study indicates that adjusting fees
for developing nations ends up costing more than it brings in. No matter what, I
do not want to see an ICANN operating at a deficit.
Diane Cabell
MAC
Gordon Cook wrote:
> I got the impression from Michaels remarks that the quoted material was
> what ICANN had adopted. While he is well capable of speaking for himself,
> i took his remarks as a decent analysis of how ICANN could misuse this
> structure. I have seen nothing in ICANN's behavior that leads me to
> believe that it wouldn't misuse it if it so chose. I was not and I doubt
> that Michael was intent on attacking either your or Dianne as being
> directly responsible for the content. you were hardly in a majority
> position.
>
> Is not the membership seen as the only counterweight to a boar d that is in
> every other respect accountable to no one save it self and the california
> AG? It was discouraging to sit here and see that we are getting a
> "membership" which could be wide open to manipulation if vested interest
> chose to do so. But then most everything about ICANN is disturbing.
>
> >Ok, Gordon I'm here.
> >But I'm not sure what you want from me.
> >I can tell you that Roberts and Sims had absolutely *nothing* to do
> >with the MAC recommendations.
> >Neither of them were present for any telecons I attended.
> >I can tell you that I was insulted by the tone of Sondow's remarks
> >(something I am getting used to).
> >I can also tell you that the work of all of the people he mentions in
> >his post was considered. It's even in the minutes of some of the
> >telecons if anyone bothers to look. There's plenty of *why* there.
> >In particular the Fishkin model was hotly discussed. In the end I
> >don't recall anyone willing to discard it in favor of direct
> >democracy. So thats what ended up in the recommendations. And
> >remember that everyone on the MAC was there (unless they themselves
> >chose otherwise) in their individual capacity. People voting what
> >they feel is right. Boring, but that's life.
> >
> >Finally, remember that these are mere recommendations to the ICANN
> >BoD. They can do what they want with 'em, and that includes rejecting
> >them outright.
> >
> ********************************************************************
> The COOK Report on Internet | New handbook just published:IP Insur-
> 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA| gency & Transformation of Telecomm.See
> (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) | http://cookreport.com/insurgency.html
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Index to 7 years of COOK Report, how to
> subscribe, exec summaries, special reports, gloss at http://www.cookreport.com
> ********************************************************************
--
Diane Cabell
http://wwww.mama-tech.com
Fausett, Gaeta & Lund, LLP
Boston, MA
