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[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

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>Register to Vote on Rebid of ICANN Contracts
>
>The Internet
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>Posted by michael on 02-05-04 19:48 from the no-confidence dept.
>
>James Love writes "After a difficult debate, a body within ICANN, 
>the DNSO "General Assembly," has agreed to hold a vote on whether or 
>not to ask the US Department of Commerce to rebid its contracts with 
>ICANN. A rebid would provide an opportunity for the public to reject 
>the current Lynn/ICANN/Staff/Board proposal for reorganization, and 
>to consider also alternatives to ICANN, including those that would 
>be more accountable, less coercive and considerably less ambitious 
>in terms of exercising control over the Internet. It appears as 
>though this vote will be held the week of May 13-17. The ICANN DNSO 
>General Assembly has historically been a forum for talking about 
>ICANN issues, but it has no actual power, and rarely permits votes 
>on substantive issue. Indeed, since its creation, there have been 
>only 11 votes, just two of which involved policy issues. Anyone can 
>register to vote in these elections, which are not binding on ICANN, 
>but in this case would be timely and important, and could persuade 
>the US Department of Commerce to get serious about dealing with an 
>out of control ICANN. Go here to register to vote." There's a bunch 
>of debate on this in the list archives of the DNSO mailing list.

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Thomas Roessler                          http://log.does-not-exist.org/
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