Re: [ga] ICANN leaves no money for public elections
This is a direct violation of everything the iCANN has been created and should stand for. It only means that a nomenclatura of less than 30 persons is atempting to steal the Internet from the DoC to avoid the privatization. With the proposition to close the GA-full ML (i.e. to exclude opponent to pseudo-consensus), the deals with VeriSign and NewLevel the pattern is obvious. Time has probably come to organize something real, able to business-resist to what amounts now to an irresponsible coup. First question: is the Internet Common Service management now an open business for profit or not? - if not: in which way the iCANN policy is hurting our interests? which mutually acceptable organization could we settle for? how may we take over the iCANN to return it to its proper mission? (I suppose here "we" means the real 80% owners. SME+IDNH. - if yes: who is interested in entering this business? I am. And how? we may discuss it on private MLs. Jefsey On 04:30 11/05/01, Bruce James said: 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.
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