> This is a totally wrong, though not atypical ICANN attitude. > You cannot say that the Registrar constituency was "specifically intended as > a vehicle for accredited registrars". > > I quote the bylaws at http://www.icann.org/bylaws-09apr99.html#VI-B > > > (a) Each Constituency shall self-organize, and shall determine its own > criteria for participation, ... If constituencies were allowed to self-organize, we would have one for individual domain name owners and several for various forms of non-commercial domain name owners. But we don't. ICANN, being The Modern Procrustes[*], has its way of measuring whether a proposal to be a constituency fits its predetermined specification. --karl-- [*] Procrustes was a mythical robber who stretched or amputated the arms and legs of his victims in order to make them fit the size of his immutable, iron bed. You might say he was the precursor of "one size fits all" or, rather, "all will fit one size". And we all know about The Modern Prometheus, Dr. Frankenstein's monster - the failed attempt to build self-determining human out of dead parts, much as ICANN is trying to build a DNSO by pre-defining and pre-chosing what the interest groups shall be.
