> That's why I was in favour of financing ICANN in a different way, like for
> instance with a $1 fee on domain names, or with a membership fee.
I'd be happy to pay the $1/name tax if I had a voice in the making of the
policies of the Domain Name System or IP address allocation.
But I don't.
There is no constituency of the DNSO that allows individuals who have
domain names to be members.
The DNSO General Assembly and Working Groups are being used by the DNSO
Names Council as clerical bodies.
And the DNSO constituencies are biased 6:1 in favor of commerical
interests.
The ASO and PSO exclude participation by individuals altogether.
The At-Large Membership has just been dismembered.
The board engages in performance art that they call "open meetings".
The board finds consensus to extend its term despite the fact that
virtually all comment on the official comment place was against it.
--karl--
