Mikki Barry wrote:
> Constituencies need to
>be inclusive rather than exclusive. Individuals AND organizations need to
>have voices and votes. If ICANN is going to be a coherrent and harmonious
>structure, there has to be more enfranchisement of dissenting opinions,
>true incorporation of those opinions into the mix, and much LESS emphasis
>on global standards and MORE emphasis on what has made the Internet the
>great vehicle for speech and commerce that it now is.
My prediction is that the constituencies will not be inclusive (e.g.,
individuals denied in one case, non IP interests in another) Instead, the
constituencies will become lobbying groups by another name. Recognizing
that development, it will be an easy feat for well-funded "crossover"
groups such as ISOC to play the issues from many sides of the constituency
fence--commercial, noncommercial, IP -- and for that much feared concept,
capture by a special interest group, to take place. IMHO.
Ellen Rony Co-author
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