Curtis -
I am ready to resign when appropriate, but in this case it is not.
You ask what "excuse" we have. We have a reason: The site is overloaded; we
are getting a much bigger response than we expected. The ICANN staff is
doing what it can to handle the unexpected damand. We have tuned the system
to work much better than it did, but it is still overwhelmed....
Please think hard before comparing this to the south, where marshals
*selectively* turned away blacks. We are not turning away particular groups
of people; our system is simply rejecting attempts randomly. This is more
like a traffic jam with too-small roads, not any kind of selection process
or discrimination.
Sincerely,
Esther Dyson
Chairman
At 10:47 AM 7/28/00 -0400, Curtis E. Sahakian wrote:
>
>Esther,
>
>My understanding is that ICANN, closes registeration for voter
>membership in ICANN after JULY 31.
>
>I have tried twice to register, Your server says: "We are
>sorry. The database is currently overloaded.
>Please try again when the system is less busy."
>
>ICANN is denying me the right to vote. What possible excuse can
>it have?
>
>This is not right. It reminds me of voter registration problems
>blacks used to have in the South until the U.S. goverment sent
>troops and federal marshals there.
>
>You should either get the ICANN staff behaving properly or
>accept personal responsibility for their actions and resign. As
>best I can tell from quotes in the press, you seem to be doing
>neither.
>
>Why is that?
>
>Curtis Sahakian
>847/676-2774
>
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