Michael and all,
Good points here Michael. Roberto's contention has proven in existing
systems to be invalid before. Misinformation such as Roberto is putting
out in not a good thing. The existence of good authentication mechanisms
are already available and in use currently for the use of E-mail based
proxies..
Michael Sondow wrote:
> Roberto Gaetano a �crit:
>
> > What would your reaction be if AOL (just to make an example) would show up
> > in Berlin with an E-Mail message from each of the owners of an E-Mail
> > account with them giving them the proxy?
> > Before answering, keep in mind that such E-Mail is not difficult to > fake by AOL
>;>).
>
> True enough, but this is not such a big problem for the NCDNHC
> because commercial enterprises can't belong to it and therefore
> can't stack the vote with proxies of their company or proxies of
> their clients. However, as you say, the problem exists and is real.
> Probably the only way to reduce it to a workable solution is to
> charge membership fees. That will keep voting down to those willing
> to pay the fee (unless "AOL" will pay their fees for them, another
> danger).
>
> OTOH, voting in person is totally unworkable. For most small
> organizations, sending more than one person to an ICANN meeting is
> not financially possible, whereas for the biggies like AOL, IBM,
> AT&T, etc., sending five or even ten people is no hardship. We are
> already seeing this phenomenon in control in the business and
> trademark constituencies, where money is controlling the membership.
> How many small businesses are represented in those constituencies?
> And yet small business probably outweighs big business by a hundred
> to one in the Internet, witness the relative importance of the
> NASDAQ to the NYSE for Internet stocks.
>
> > Your intention is good, but I don't see, unfortunately, E-Mail
> > proxies as a possible solution. In fact, the MAC has debated
> > this issue at length, in view of the individual Membership and
> > the election of the At-Large Directors.
>
> I think that if ICANN doesn't come up with some solution to this
> fundamental problem, which under present conditions vitiates and
> disqualifies all voting a priori, there's hardly any point in
> proceeding with elections.
Regards,
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