Hans Klein (of CPSR) wrote:
>
> If you haven't yet registered to vote in ICANN's At Large elections, you
> have just until Monday (July 31). The web site is slow, but registration
> is not impossible.
It has been impossible for thousands of people, as you would know if
you read the relevant lists and were informed about what was going
on.
> In light of this deadline, it may be useful to remember why participation
> is so important.
So, you are no more than another booster for ICANN's hoaxes? Before
you tell the netizens what they ought to do, perhaps you can explain
why only five At-large directors are being elected, rather than the
nine - 50% of the Board - that ICANN's bylaws promised when it was
recognized by the DOC as the NewCo?
Perhaps you will also be kind enough to explain the following two
recent bylaws amendments which render the At-large membership
powerless and may eliminate At-large directors altogether:
"Beginning immediately following the conclusion of the Annual
Meeting of the Corporation in 2000, the Corporation shall initiate a
comprehensive study of the concept, structure and processes relating
to an "At-large" membership for the Corporation. {It] shall be a
"clean sheet" study -- meaning that previous decisions and
conclusions regarding an "At Large" membership will be informative
but not determinative, and that the study will start with no
preconceptions as to a preferred outcome. The study shall include...
whether the ICANN Board should include "At Large" Directors."
"The Corporation shall not have members
as defined in the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
Law ("CNPBCL"), notwithstanding the use of the term "Member" in
these bylaws, in a selection plan adopted by Board resolution, or in
any
other action of the Board. Instead, the Corporation shall allow
individuals (described in these bylaws as "Members") to participate
in the activities of the Corporation as described in this Article II
and in a selection plan adopted by Board resolution, and only to the
extent set forth in this Article II and in a selection plan adopted
Board resolution."
Until you have explained these things, which are not in logical
agreement with your call for participation in the At-large
"membership", you would do best, Mr. Klein, to stop bothering people
with your stupid and irrelevant posts, which are an insult to
thinking people.
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