Re[2]: [ga] RE: [icann-delete] WLS Input - Greatest Good vs. Benefits of the Few

[Don Brown <donbrown_l@inetconcepts.net>]

I think you missed the point.

Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 8:23:22 PM, Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com> wrote:
ED> Whoa,
Please, just save it.

ED> This is neither a democracy nor a trade union nor a professional
ED> society.
ED> This is an open and transparent bottom up consensus oriented
ED> corporation.  In
ED> such a case the reasonable or at least stated minority opinion
ED> should be weighed equally.  If we do not protect the minority in domain
ED> names
ED> who does?
ED> (hence the often used terms; Policy, Policing, Governance, Consensus,
ED> Regulatory)  None of these are made
ED> for the benefit of the majority but to protect the minority and bottom
ED> end
ED> users, voters and consumers.

The 75 have chosen not to be a part of the Registrar's Constituency
and, therefore, not vote or otherwise be a part of forming a
Registrar's consensus.


ED> Here in the GA when we vote one thing can be said; these interests
ED> blend.

The operative word, above, is "vote." We can't quantify the positions
of those who didn't vote. We also can't infer that the plurality of
the vote is somehow nefarious, because not everyone voted. The 75 had
an opportunity to be part of the process and, thus, cast their vote,
but obviously chose not to do so.


ED>   But
ED> from what I saw in the Registrar published matters, there were distinct
ED> groupings that suggested anything but a consensus.

With respect to the WLS proposal and per the published minutes of the
conference call, each participant vocalized their vote. The
distinctive grouping was the majority who did not favor WLS. There's
nothing wrong with that.


ED> Please fill us in on why majority financial interest is of import.

I never stated, or even remotely inferred, that to be my position.


Let's please not make any more noise about this issue.  It was only
important from the aspect of Ron Weiner's attack on Ross Raider's
veracity -- which was inaccurate and unfair.


ED> Eric

ED> Don Brown wrote:

>> So, it appears that those who chose to vote represented the majority,
>> in terms of market share. Clearly, then, Ross's statement was correct
>> in that sense.



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