[ga-full] ICANN At Large Membership Status Report (fwd)

[Joe Baptista <baptista@pccf.net>]

Finally - ICANN@Large membership issues forth an announcement.  The most
stricking part of this is that they are vetting 12,000 applications
"currently verifying applications for membership".  It's obvious to me
that Jody A. Baram the ICANN At Large Membership Program Manager has
little election experience.

The cost of vetting 12,000 applications exceeds the benefit.  12,000
individuals are incredible numbers well worth any political organizations
survival.  However I fear ICANN is on the well traveled road of the
GA.  The level of trust in the directorship is completely missing and as
such they will end up pissing off the at large members.  Watch and see.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:19:31 -0700
From: At Large Membership Program <atlarge@icann.org>
To: At Large Membership <members-announce@icann.org>
Subject: ICANN At Large Membership Status Report

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because you signed up for the 
ICANN At Large Membership Program. 

We have had an overwhelming response to our At Large Membership website. 
Since we launched the site on February 25, we have had over 12,000 
registrations from 135 countries. Many thanks for signing up. 

Please be aware that we are currently verifying applications for 
membership. Once this is completed and some additional refinements
are made to the website, we will begin sending out Pin Numbers.
It may take another 8 weeks for the Pin Number to arrive by the 
Postal Service. We thank you again for your patience.

For the majority of At Large Membership announcements, please 
watch the news section of the At Large website. We will contact 
you via email only for major announcements concerning nominations and 
election procedures.  

We thank you for your participation, and we look forward to 
serving you, online or in person, at upcoming ICANN Public Meetings.

Jody A. Baram 
Program Manager
ICANN At Large Membership Program

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