Re: [ga] ICANN leaves no money for public elections

[Eric Dierker <eric@HI-TEK.COM>]

Dear Mr. James;

Where is the budget for raising qualified contributions/income how much did they slate to bring in money which will keep them qualified under the tax law.  The at large issue is minimal to the statement that they have a plan to go profit and are aligning with Verisign obviously.  The charging for services scheme is a clear indication, their lobbying is a clear indication and the contracts are a clear indication that there will be no public Board election but they are smoothing they way to change to profit and probably closed at that.

Bruce James wrote:

ICANN leaves no money for public elections--In its draft budget for 2001-2002, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has not allocated any funds for At-Large Elections, in spite of its past promises to choose at least five more Board members through this electoral process. This move comes as ICANN moves forward with its so-called "clean sheet" study, which many observers fear will undercut democracy in cyberspace. Further details are available from ICANN Watch; background information on these issues can be found in the Cyber-Federalist.

 More at: http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=140&mode=nested&order=0  This is unacceptable! /Bruce