RE: [ga] Loss of voting rights, October 20, 2002

[George Kirikos <gkirikos@yahoo.com>]

Hello,

I suspect the real reason for this is linked to WLS, and the appeal
that is currently underway. If those 3 constituencies were removed (all
of whom voted against WLS), then only 4 constituencies remain. The
Business Constituency can still be counted on to vote against WLS.

However, the IP and gTLD registries voted for WLS last time. That
leaves the Registrars Constituency as the possible "swing vote" (they
voted against WLS last time), that could give a new vote a 3/4
majority, and thus a "consensus". And if you saw the WLS debate in the
Registrars Constituency last time, I wouldn't put it past some of the
participants to try to reverse their vote by any means possible (e.g.
voting according to market share, so that NSI would have a majority in
the Registrars Constituency).

Note that ICANN has seemingly not responded to Dotster's appeal, and
could be waiting for the above scenario to be in place.

However, the above can be thwarted, if the need arises, by having
opponents of WLS donate the money to one of the three disenfranchised
constituencies (whoever owes the least, presumably), so that they can
cast one more vote against WLS. With 2 out of 5 votes against WLS, even
if the Registrars Constituency position was turned, they'd still be
short the 2/3 majority required to make a new "consensus".

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/

--- Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com> wrote:
> > Until payment is received for all past due amounts, including any
> late
> > payment fees, the ccTLDs, NCDNHC, and ISPCPC will lose voting
> rights as of
> > 20 October 2002.  This will have an impact on the Names Council
> meeting on
> > 28 Oct 2002.
> 
> How perfect to be able to disenfranchise half the community from the
> very
> procedure that confirms what is already known. Without a documented
> record
> of a formal vote, consensus in the wider cannot be confirmed, which
> serves
> the Staff well if they want to continue claiming a greater
> understanding of
> consensus in the wider community than the Board's own domain name
> supporting
> organization. Well done Bruce.
> 
> Regards,
> Joanna


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