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>Subject: Re: You are Turning Away Outside Members Who Attempt To Register
>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 23:51:54 -0400
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>Esther,
>
>There are four items I feel the need to bring up.
>
>1. My Apologies.
>
>You have a thankless job and you seem a bit weary of all the
>criticism. I have no doubt that you mean well and are trying to
>solve a puzzle that seems to have no optimal solution. It is
>not my intent to burden you with more negative emotion on the
>subject.
>
>You do have you hands on the steering wheel of ICANN. As a
>result you have indirect control over one of the most potent
>forces of human intellectual and economic evolution since the
>invention of movable type. For that reason I feel compelled to
>reach out to you and convince you to make a change in direction.
>
>
>2. You Can Leave A Legacy.
>
>There are hundreds of billions of dollars being made off the
>internet. In short order it will become trillions of dollars.
>
>There are billions of people on this planet and hundreds of
>millions who use the internet. Why not challenge ICANN to reach
>out to all these people and make them members. Why not create
>the largest democratic organization in the world in the world.
>Create the foundation of a new world wide virtual political
>entity... a democratic political entity... a democratic
>political entity that crosses old tribal lines and old political
>lines.
>
>Other than the air and the seas it is rapidly becoming the most
>important shared resource on earth. Why should it not be
>controlled by democratically elected representatives of all its
>users.
>
>You are in a position to catalyze an event of great moment by
>merely reversing course. Instead of minimizing involvement by
>individual users, why not reach out to include them.
>
>3. How To Do It.
>
>Start a world wide voter registration campaign. Try to register
>every individual (as opposed to corporation) using the internet.
> Give them the right to elect 2/3 of the seats on the board.
>
>The memberships must be free (no poll taxes). No corporate
>votes, only human beings. And there should be strict term
>limits to keep candidates from cycling back too many times.
>
>Do it all electronically. Go ahead take the risk. What is the
>worst that can really happen. The launching of the American
>democratic experiment in 1776 was considered by many to be a
>foolish risk as well.
>
>4. Where To Get The Resources
>
>The remaining seats should be split among corporations and other
>political entities. The corporation seats probably stay as they
>are. You should have a seat for a United Nations
>representative, a representative of a large country, of a medium
>sized country and of a small country. The country seats should
>be rotated so no one country begins to think it owns the
>process.
>
>Whatever the selection process for the individuals who fill
>these seats, they must bring along with them a sponsor willing
>to pay a very hefty membership fee. No membership fee, no
>representative. If the big companies are unwilling to pay then
>smaller up and coming companies should be willing to pay.
>
>Everyone believes that your board is the stooge of corporate
>interests. They will not think they are losing anything if you
>put the seats up for auction in order to support what will be
>the largest democratic organization in the world. They already
>believe the seats are bought and paid for. They will view it as
>no great loss.
>
>It is hard not to be taken aback that you could have a
>representative of MCI WorldCom on your board yet not have the
>resources to be able to move you registration system to a server
>that can handle more that 145,000 registrations. They need to
>ante up or get out.
>
>5. Please Reconsider Your Current Direction.
>
>If you let matters continue on their current course and then
>leave in November, you will have presided over a mess that
>occurred on your watch. You will leave nothing that you should
>feel proud of.
>
>The founders of America risked hanging for treason and
>impoverishment of their families when they challenged King
>George and launched a democracy in the new world. Now it is
>your chance to make the history books... with much less risk.
>
>All you have to do is reverse course and back the full
>enfranchisement of other human beings. Others are likely to
>come up with numerous excuses why you can't or shouldn't do what
>I am proposing you consider. I can solve any excuse or problem
>that anyone brings up
>
>Your famous father certainly left a legacy to the world. You
>now have the opportunity to contribute far more. I am hoping
>that you will take it.
>
>It's not easy for human beings to make an abrupt change in
>direction. That is what I'm asking you to do. Would you please
>mull it over and at least consider it. What the heck, why not
>leave your tour of duty with ICANN having done something great
>and lasting.
>
>Thank you for your kind consideration
>
>Curtis Sahakian
>847/676-2774
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>----------
>> From: Esther Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Curtis E. Sahakian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: Pam Brewster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: You are Turning Away Outside Members Who Attempt
>ToRegister
>> Date: Saturday, July 29, 2000 12:43 PM
>>
>> Thanks for all the attention you are paying to this matter.
>Though I don't
>> necessarily accept your premise, please tell me which
>politician you would
>> suggest. As you may or may not know, I hope to retire from
>this part-time,
>> unpaid position in November; I have lots of other things to
>do. We are also
>> looking for a replacement for Mike Roberts, the president, who
>is fulltime,
>> and who is working doubletime.
>>
>> FWIW, I would rate the staff as individuals very highly,
>though overall
>> there are not enough of them, so we can not be as responsive
>or proactive on
>> PR as we would like. On the other questions, we are not as
>good as we would
>> like to be, but it is a weakness of implementation, not of
>intention. If I
>> *did* have a single boss here, I would say that we need more
>money and
>> resources.....
>>
>> Esther
>>
>> At 11:12 PM 7/28/00 -0400, Curtis E. Sahakian wrote:
>> >Dear Esther,
>> >
>> >Thank you for your response.
>> >
>> >You should take another look at your comment that "The
>problem
>> >is that a delay would then be "unfair" to those who tried
>and
>> >didn't know about the extended deadline, and so forth and so
>> >on."
>> >
>> >To an outsider it sounds more like an insider rationalization
>> >for disenfranchisement of outsiders... that it would be
>unfair
>> >to this disenfranchised class to do anything other than to
>> >disenfranchise them (other than for a lucky few).
>> >
>> >The good white folk of the 50s had many sincere excuses for
>the
>> >barriers they erected to disenfranchise black voters. Many
>of
>> >these excuses were no less logical than the above. In the
>end
>> >it really didn't matter. All the excuses seemed to end up
>> >supporting and justifying the same results... the erection of
>> >barriers to the fair representation of "undeserving" elements
>of
>> >society. Why? These people were expected to make improper
>use
>> >of their votes.
>> >
>> >Whether or not that is happening here, if you are the one
>being
>> >disenfranchised, it sure feels like it is.
>> >
>> >In fact both then and now it seems that the responsible
>people
>> >in control found it difficult to even discuss the issue
>without
>> >leaking the obvious concern that "these people" can't fully
>be
>> >expected to exercise their vote in a responsible way and
>that's
>> >why we need the safeguards which...Oops.. seem to have the
>> >result of reducing their representation.
>> >
>> >My understanding was that your staff was hoping that no more
>> >than 10,000 people would register. The internet is a big
>place.
>> > I would propose that you should find it unacceptable if your
>> >staff is unable to generate at least 1,000,000 registrations.
>
>> >
>> >It is very easy for ICANN to generate huge amounts of world
>wide
>> >publicity. I have seen no evidence of it using this ability
>to
>> >promote wide scale registrations. From what gets through to
>me
>> >in the press, I see an organization from which emanates
>policies
>> >and communications that appear designed to discourage
>> >participation. For instance instead of emphasizing that
>> >registration is FREE, ICANN appears to emphasize that it is
>> >going to charge a yet "to be determined" membership fee.
>> >
>> >It is the grass roots perception of unfairness that is
>> >generating what demand for registration there is.
>> >
>> >If NSI had carefully attended to the issue of fairness and
>> >perception of fairness, they would likely still be in control
>of
>> >their registration franchise. They didn't and they aren't.
>If
>> >ICANN doesn't start proactively addressing this issue in a
>> >satisfactory manner, the same fait may await it.
>> >
>> >I propose that your job entails
>> >
>> >1. not only efficiently running ICANN,
>> >
>> >2. not only running it fairly, but
>> >
>> >3. delivering the appearance of fairness.
>> >
>> >You may well be doing the first (running ICANN efficiently).
>It
>> >appears to me that you are not doing the second. You are
>> >definitely not doing the third.
>> >
>> >I'd like to encourage you to try doing all three with equal
>> >vigor. Doing the first alone isn't good enough. Even doing
>the
>> >first two isn't good enough.
>> >
>> >For you to succeed, you must succeed equally with all three
>> >deliverables.
>> >
>> > What grade would you give yourself on the third deliverable?
>
>> >If you reported to someone, and your were that someone, how
>> >would you rate your performance? How would you rate the
>> >performance of the ICANN staff? Was the selection of the
>> >inadequate registration server and the failure to quickly
>> >upgrade it the result of sinister design, mopery or other
>> >causes.
>> >
>> >Does that even matter? Would you accept any excuses from an
>> >employee in your own business if they screwed up a
>subscription
>> >campaign like this registration process has been... and then
>> >pretended that it didn't matter?
>> >
>> >Doing all three of the above items adequately is better than
>> >doing the first one very well and the last two poorly.
>> >
>> >It may be that this job can be better handled by a politician
>> >than by an entrepreneur. Maybe ICANN is a venture that needs
>to
>> >be de-privatized.
>> >
>> >Curtis Sahakian
>> >847/676-2774
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >
>> >----------
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Believe me, we have considered this, and many other options
>as
>> >well! The
>> >> level of interest has simply taken us by surprise. The
>problem
>> >is that a
>> >> delay would then be "unfair" to those who tried and
>didn't
>> >know about the
>> >> extended deadline, and so forth and so on. Meanwhile, that
>> >would mean
>> >> delaying the rest of the process, because we also need time
>> >for people to
>> >> get their PINs, and then for them to support independent
>> >candidates for the
>> >> board. So in the end we decided to keep the schedule as
>> >is..... The
>> >> deadline, like most deadlines, is arbitrary anyway, and it
>> >makes more sense
>> >> to keep it as is because changing it would cause other
>> >disruptions.
>> >>
>> >> Esther
>> >>
>> >> At 12:30 PM 7/28/00 -0400, Mikki Barry wrote:
>> >> >Esther -
>> >> >
>> >> >Given the overload with the server and the other technical
>> >issues,
>> >> >wouldn't it be prudent to extend the deadline for voter
>> >registration
>> >> >to give another chance to those who have been unable to
>> >access it?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
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>> >
>>
>>
>> Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
>> chairman, EDventure Holdings
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