Greg and all,
SOmehow given the amount of information that has been put out on the
disjointed involvement of the ISOC I would doubt very seriously that either
Vinton Cref or more especially Don Heath would be voted in.
Greg Skinner wrote:
> Frank Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The real real question is:
>
> > "Why can't we vote for our representatives? Why do you have the power to
> > make decisions for the whole Internet?"
>
> Just as an observation, if ISOC folks like Heath and Cerf ran for
> ICANN board positions, or endorsed other candidates, my guess is
> they'd win. The reason is because of the large amount of respect they
> get from the Internet community. Granted, not from the entire
> Internet community, but from enough of it that people who do not
> specifically know any of the history of these proceedings are likely
> to vote for ISOC or its candidates. It's similar to how a war hero
> can be elected to public office even though he or she may not be the
> "best" candidate in some cosmic sense. If enough people believe that
> a person is capable of doing a good job, and those people vote, they
> will be elected.
>
> --gregbo
Regards,
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