[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Join ISOC and save ORG ???

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

Hans and all,

  Exactly!  Hence the ISOC as a membership org is a farce as individual
members cannot elect Board members or vote on anything.  As such
as an ISOC individual member, your voice is muted or counts for
nothing...

Hans Klein wrote:

> The decision to open ISOC membership to anyone, free of cost, was
> accompanied by the decision to cancel the right of members to select the
> board.   So you can be a member, but you cannot exercise direct influence.
>
> If that appeals to you, then you might be interested in ICANN's At Large
> Membership organization... :-)
>
> HK
>
> At 04:19 PM 6/2/2002 +0200, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> >Since it is not unlikely [yes, I am in a good mood today] that ISOC will
> >win the bid for ORG, we could perhaps all join ISOC, so we can influence
> >the future running of ORG?
> >
> >To join ISOC is now FREE for individuals. You can sign up at
> >
> >http://www.isoc.org/
> >
> >I do not quite understand the election rules which still indicate one has
> >to be paying to be able to vote.  Maybe someone who follows ISOC closely
> >can elucidate? Do individuals that join up (for free for a little while
> >now, as it says) have a vote? Or is it like the GA in ICANN? If that is
> >the case, well, forget about it then.
> >
> >Anyone who understands how this works in ISOC?
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >Discuss mailing list
> >Discuss@icann-ncc.org
> >http://www.icann-ncc.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
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Regards,
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