Re: [ga] Slashdot.

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Thomas, Jamie and all assembly members,

  Good!  I am glad to see that Jamie put this up on slashdot.

Thomas Roessler wrote:

> Alexander found this.
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/04/1839234
>
> >Register to Vote on Rebid of ICANN Contracts
> >
> >The Internet
> >
> >Posted by michael on 02-05-04 19:48 from the no-confidence dept.
> >
> >James Love writes "After a difficult debate, a body within ICANN,
> >the DNSO "General Assembly," has agreed to hold a vote on whether or
> >not to ask the US Department of Commerce to rebid its contracts with
> >ICANN. A rebid would provide an opportunity for the public to reject
> >the current Lynn/ICANN/Staff/Board proposal for reorganization, and
> >to consider also alternatives to ICANN, including those that would
> >be more accountable, less coercive and considerably less ambitious
> >in terms of exercising control over the Internet. It appears as
> >though this vote will be held the week of May 13-17. The ICANN DNSO
> >General Assembly has historically been a forum for talking about
> >ICANN issues, but it has no actual power, and rarely permits votes
> >on substantive issue. Indeed, since its creation, there have been
> >only 11 votes, just two of which involved policy issues. Anyone can
> >register to vote in these elections, which are not binding on ICANN,
> >but in this case would be timely and important, and could persuade
> >the US Department of Commerce to get serious about dealing with an
> >out of control ICANN. Go here to register to vote." There's a bunch
> >of debate on this in the list archives of the DNSO mailing list.
>
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