Roberto wrote:
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:36:58 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IFWP] Why fail on purpose?
>Tony Rutkowski wrote:
>
>> It is plainly preposterous to suggest that you need
>> big bucks to hold an election. This isn't a presidential
>> election campaign or the United Nations. All the parties
>> that ever filed in the DOC proceedings, attended a meeting,
>> or even zinged off a one liner on an EMail list doesn't
>> reach more than a couple of thousand people. Conducting
>> this is a part-time job for a couple of people who could
>> volunteered from a completely neutral organization.
>>
>Except if you want to put in some checking in order to make sure that people
>don't vote multiple times under different E-Mail addresses, that the address
>is not fake, and all other things that, if not done, will be blamed
>afterwards on ICANN for not having been done.
>
>Moreover, when it comes to voting, I would not assume that we have only the
>couple of thousand people that participate even in a limited way in the
>debate. The temptation to enroll few hundred identities to capture some
>seats is a real threat.
>
>BTW, thank you for reminding once again that the number of people involved
>in the debate so far has been so small.
>
Roberto and all,
The IDNO constituency will prove to you and to ICANN that Tony is right.
Voting is now underway for a 21 member steering committee for the IDNO.
This has been a volunteer effort of programming, website building and
listserv discussion.
Voters' fraud from different e-mail addresses is precluded by the software.
(every voter gets a unique password)
On top of that it is very easy to analyze web logs for any possible
irregularity.
For a few thousand votes you do not need more than this.
We have Diane Cabell and Simson Garfinkel as observers.
Even ICANN could decide to use this voting site.
Of course agonizing about cost, voters' fraud etc.has its own attractions.
I am offering use of the site for the equivalent of the cost of my
attending the Singapore, Berlin and Santiago meetings.
Sounds fair?
--joop teernstra, IDNO bootstrap
--Make good use of your voting rights--
http://www.idno.org/vote1/
