Re: [ga] Domain plus?

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

Danny and all assembly members,

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> I post this comment to the GA list because the ALSC may not currently be
> operative.

  Thank you for doing so.  It seems that the ALSC Archives at least
are still down or unavailable.  :(

>
>
> The latest recommendation from the ALSC (posted at:
> http://www.atlargestudy.org/decision.shtml ) stipulates that a voting
> At-Large member must either own a domain name and pay a membership fee, or be
> subscribed to an ICANN mailing list and remit a membership fee by credit card
> payment, or attend an ICANN meeting in person, or belong to and remit payment
> through specified organizations (identities still unknown) that contribute to
> ICANN's mission.

  Tying membership strictly to a credit card is a poor if a non workable
requirement to be sure.  Of course this has been communicated to the
ALSC, the ICANN BoD and staff on many occasions from many
different sectors and participants in a number of different countries.
To me this seems like a "Road Block" set up purposefully to restrict
membership...

  BTW Danny did you also view the "Decision Tree" link at
http://www.atlargestudy.org/decisiontree.shtml from your referenced
link?  Interesting in that it is so inaccurate as to be stupefying...

>
>
> In my view, this proposal would seem to deny voting rights to most of the
> developing world.

  Yes indeed it would...

>
>
> The White Paper states:  "The new corporation should operate as a private
> entity for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole. The development
> of sound, fair, and widely accepted policies for the management of DNS will
> depend on input from the broad and growing community of Internet users.
> Management structures should reflect the functional and geographic diversity
> of the Internet and its users. Mechanisms should be established to ensure
> international participation in decision making."
>
> This latest proposal does very little to ensure international voter
> participation, and effectively reduces the worldwide input desired.  I cannot
> support this latest proposal in its current form.
>
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