John the Repoman wrote:
> P.S.: I wonder how much it would cost to mail every domain(s) registrant in
> the world a brief opinion questionaire (even by snail mail (argh)- postcard
> even - no ppd return envelope necessary) on major issues under
> consideration by ICANN to get a feel for the sentiments of the net
> community? More or less than a trip to Berlin or Cairo or Santiago...?
> The internet is akin to a new global community whose opinions will be
> heard and the majority will prevail ultimately - hopefully with
> an 'enlightened'(!!) and globally democratic ICANN at it's helm (my wish with
> noted qualifications) but certainly also 'without', if global issues are not
> addressed fairly.
I wonder if we'd learn much different from what we already know.
In the US, over half the population doesn't bother to vote in major
elections. (Most domain registrants are in the US.) And if most of
them *did* vote, you'd get complaints about how the US is taking over the
Internet. There would also be arguments over how you count the votes of
a corporation vs. those of an individual vs. those of a noncommercial
organization vs. those of an educational organization vs. ... (you get
the idea), not to mention why people who don't have domain names aren't
getting to vote even though they are the end users and have arguably
equal rights.
--gregbo
