Mike Roberts, ICANN CEO, is quoted in the New York Times as saying, in regard to the At-large Nominating Committee: "ICANN directors and staff worked hard to consult widely in the process of forming these committees". The simple answer to the question "Why aren't there any at-large Internet users on the At-large Nominating Committee?" must be, then, that Mr. Roberts couldn't find any. There are only about 50 million of us. We are hard to find. The DOC promised us, in 1998, equal representation on the ICANN Board, but there are none of us on it. ICANN promised us equal representation in the DNSO, but the only one of the seven DNSO constituencies we might be allowed to join - the NCDNHC - is run by ISOC. Now we are excluded from the Nominating Committee of the At-large Membership so that we can't be nominated to represent even ourselves. Under these conditions, anyone who joins the ICANN At-large Membership is a dupe and a shill for the businesses - trademark interests, telcos, and the IBM/MCI/AT&T combine - running ICANN. ============================================================ Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org Tel. (718)846-7482 Fax: (603)754-8927 ============================================================
