Jay Fenello wrote:
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> [Even if you are given a vote in the at-Large membership,
> ICANN has taken away your right to be a member. This legal
That is correct. The fundamental power and authority of mebership is
the right to vote on the bylaws of the organization. The ICANN board
has denied this right to those signing up to vote in the at-large
election. This means that even after at-large directors are elected,
the authority of those directors can be undermined through changes
in the bylaws restricting their power, even denying them a vote on
policy issues before the board, and, as we have recently seen in a
new bylaw, the board can eliminate the at-large directors whenever
it wishes by a simple majority vote. The so-called membership will
be powerless to impede the board from effecting such changes to
ICANN's bylaws, since it will not have the right to vote against
them.
ICANN is a dictatorship.
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