Hi Esther -- Please forward this to the official address for protests
against the processes that ICANN is employing in organizing the
constituencies. I am not at all clear where to send a protest like
this, but I trust you to know where to send it and to send it there.
It is my intention that the ICANN Board should see it and coprenend.
It is absurd to be organizing tyhem only among those present in
Berlin, as though being present in Berlin establishes credentials.
And, beyond that, I find all the actions of ICANN to be both devisive
among contenders, and to furhter imbed the practice of converting
everything into a power based zero-sum game, which manages to ap the
energies of most of the lesser powered constituents and tilts the
control process into the hands of the most powerful.
So, it is now my postion that I will stand by and let ICANN do itself
in with its power based closure of the doors on a major portion of the
eligible constituents. Perhaps even a majoprity, but who can count
anything in the mess that ICANN has made.
Cheer...\Stef
>From your message Fri, 21 May 1999 21:13:46 -0400:
}
}That's really up to the constituencies themselves - as long as the voting
}rules pass muster: open, nondiscriminatory, broad participation, etc.
}
}Esther
}
}At 06:01 AM 21/05/99 -0700, Rick H. Wesson wrote:
}>
}>I would like to understand what voting in the constituency meeting means.
}>It appears that anyone can go to a meeting and participate in its
}>organization. I think that is a good thing. I still want to understand
}>how voting in these meeting will take place? will each meeting allow for
}>real time input over the internet? will votes be published.
}>
}>I am especially conserned with voting for officers, will votes be blind,
}>straw, and will others from the net be able to participate. just a bit of
}>confusion i see coming. voting seems to be a prevleent thing in these
}>meeting and i would like to better understand how it will be used to
}>develop "consensus"
}>
}>thanks,
}>
}>-rick
}>
}>
}>
}
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