Re: [ga] your comments

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

Kristy and all assembly members,

  Kristy I believe that you have expressed concisely and percisely
as possible, the broader perspective and opinion of the
Stakeholder/user's.  Thank you very much for doing so,
and doing it in no uncertain terms.  Well done!

Kristy McKee wrote:

> Indeed, having a public election of any type would greatly decrease the
> chances for big business to hand pick our elected directors:  I see your
> point.  It would be a disaster for the ICANN to have to include
> knowledgeable or experienced folks, better to have people so far up the
> corporate butt that they haven't got a clue about new technology or what it
> means to be a decent, fair person.
>
> Good for you Joe.
>
> ~k
>
> At 08:14 AM 5/30/2002 -0400, Joe Sims wrote:
> >
> >
> >  Laying blame is certainly not a productive use of our
> > time,
> >  but if we're going to go down that road, I'm more inclined to lay the
> > fault
> >  for not getting ICANN 'fully formed' at your
> > doorstep.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Suit yourself.  But you may remember that the Board was set to adopt an
> >election plan for 9 At Large Directors in Cairo, which would have called
> >for direct election of an 18-member AL council that would then have elected
> >9 AL Board members.  The global democrary advocates  killed this, because
> >it did not involve direct elections of the Board members themselves.  Go
> >back and read the CDT/Common Cause/Carter Center report, explaining why
> >this was unacceptable and an outrage to even consider.  Their position
> >(unlike that of those who opposed all elections but were willing to live
> >with this compromise) was "my way or else," and the fact that lots of other
> >people thought their way was unworkable was apparently irrelevant to them,
> >because they just knew they were on the side of right, truth and justice.
> >As it turns out, this turn of events was fortunate, since we have now seen
> >what a mess global on-line elections would be, but do you suppose there are
> >any second thoughts by those who let their unwillingness to compromise lead
> >them down a path to (from their perspective) total failure?  Just a
> >thought.
> >
> >
> >Joe Sims
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Regards,
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