Mr. Sondow and Everyone, The whole election process that the DNSO has held has been nothing but a sham and a nearly complete fraud. I don't believe that I need to outline the reasons, as they have already been stated by others... What is amazing to me is that the USG in the NTIA/DOC has failed to do proper oversight. Michael Sondow wrote: > The NC resolution on DNSO Board seats > (http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19990917.DNSO-ICANN-nominations.html) > states that: "The Names Council has resolved that > a candidate, in order to be nominated must have the support of, at > least, 10 members of the General Assembly. For this purpose, anybody > who is subscribed to the General Assembly mailing list, the Announce > mailing list or the list of one of the Constituencies of the DNSO is > considered a member of the General Assembly." > > Does the NC pretend that supporters of candidates must be members of > a DNSO mailing list but not the candidates themselves? > > The DNSO has been very restrictive about who may become a member of > its constituencies. Does the NC now pretend that the DNSO's ICANN > Board candidates are not subject to a restriction at least > equal to that imposed on constituency members? > > It would seem that, in its haste to form itself and hold elections, > the DNSO has forgotten to define who may and who may not be a > candidate, perhaps assuming that no one who was not involved in the > DNSO and not a stakeholder in the process would ever dare to present > themself. However, factions that would manipulate the DNSO's Board > seats are now attempting to take advantage of that oversight in > order to nominate persons who have not been and are not involved in > this process, like Rick White and Carl Bildt, for purely political > reasons. > > Is the Names Council going to condone these unfair and undemocratic > manipulations? > > Is the DNSO General Assembly going to permit them to get away with > it? > > ============================================================ > Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org > Tel. (718)846-7482 Fax: (603)754-8927 > ============================================================ Regretfully, -- Brian C. Hollingsworth Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet Communications Affairs and Policy Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European Union
