Karl Auerbach wrote:
> > 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.
>
Karl, have you tried to join the non commercial constituency?
And anyone know if the commercial constituency has rejected any
applications from individual domain name holders?
Adam
> 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--
