Re: [ga] Registrar Constituency WLS Response to Verisign - A DNSOGA Ballot please...

[Abel Wisman <abel@able-towers.com>]

I agree wholeheartedly Jeff, so i assume you are writing a proposal for
the GA to comment upon ?

abel


On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 02:03, Jeff Williams wrote:
> Geroge and all assembly members,
> 
> George Kirikos wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > --- Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > >   It would seem to me that the DNSO GA should also have held
> > > a vote on the WLS and the .ORG delegation statement.  I had requested
> > > these two things before, and received not reply from either Thomas,
> > > or Alexander.  I think Alex had mentioned that the DNSO GA
> > > would be submitting a ballot on the WLS issue.  Alex?   If not,
> > > than again I would like to request again such a ballot be
> > > initiated.
> >
> > There were already multiple opportunities for folks to show their
> > approval or disapproval of WLS (I don't follow the .org issue much).
> > Each time, overwhelmingly the GA was against it. I'm not sure what
> > another vote would prove.
> 
>   Well George it would PROVE that first the DNSO GA members
> can show their interest and position in a official way to the WLS and
> .ORG divestiture proposal.  Second, without an official vote on these
> matters, the ICANN BoD can claim that the DNSO GA is a nearly
> useless part of the DNSO which they are already trying to do now,
> and anyone can latter claim that the DNSO GA members had no
> official position on the WLS or the .ORG divestiture issues...
> 
> > It might be a step in the reverse direction,
> > too, in that a "200-20" vote is just numerical, whereas having folks
> > provide their name along with their position, as has happened in the
> > mailing list, is more forceful. Anonymous voting in the age of the
> > internet would be very difficult (one side could easily sign up a few
> > hundred or thousand "supporters" to manipulate a vote where the voters
> > are anonymous). The way the RC did it, with registrars voting in
> > public, is best, as it's less open to manipulation (similar to how
> > voice votes were held in ancient Greece).
> >
> > WLS was mentioned on Slashdot, too, where it was derided.
> >
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/14/0649205&mode=thread
> >
> > It's unclear that Verisign respects democratic institutions, in any
> > event. At some point (maybe we're well past that already), we might
> > need a "Magna Carta" to limit the power of this monarchy.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > George Kirikos
> > http://www.kirikos.com/
> >
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> Regards,
> --
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