Re: [ga] Extension of the Interim Board Directors

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

> 2) we have a perfectly adequate procedure for selecting a chair.
> moreover, if one examines the endorsements for board candidates, one
> notes a disturbing pattern of *large* numbers of people who have never
> participated in the DNSO in any way suddenly turning up to endorse
> candidates (for example, Jamie Love had well over 100 endorsements,
> most of who had never in any aspect of ICANN previously).   While this
> might be satisfying to supporters of Jamie Love, it illustrates
> perfectly that an election by the GA is terribly susceptible to
> capture.

We have thousands of people in the U.S. going to the polls today that have
never actively participated in the U.S. government previously.

It's called democracy Kent(well strictly speaking we operate in a
republic.)

Get used to it.

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