> > - Implementation of At Large Membership
...
> "Implementation" is an interesting descriptor for what was apparently
> done. Some might call it "newspeak."
> I understand that voting will only occur when 5,000 people sign up for
> membership.
I might add that with the "deferral" of the IDNO, the IDNO, even if it
were to be recognized in November, would miss out in participating in the
DNSO election for the DNSO's board seats.
In other words, individuals have been entirely cut out from any meaningful
vote for ICANN's board seats.
At best, even if the at-large gets 5,000 people (and I don't believe it
will), all individuals get is a vote for a representative who, in turn,
gets to vote for a board-member who, in-turn, gets to vote in oppostion to
policy proposals made by Supporting Organizations that themselves utterly
exclude any meaningful participation by individuals.
It's reminscent of the Soviets of the Stalinst era -- closed,
self-interested, dictatorial bodies wrapped in a pretty, but nevertheless
utterly false, glamour[*] of democracy.
[*] I use the word "glamour" in its original sense of one who uses an
enchantment or spell to create a false impression of beauty.
--karl--
