Re: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency

[Don Brown <donbrown_l@inetconcepts.net>]

That's easy.  All stakeholders have an equal vote.  One voice - one
vote.

No parties, constituencies, contracting parties and no factions. Just
the individual grass roots stakeholders, all on an equal basis. It
sounds kind of democratic, doesn't it?

However, we're really only addressing the symptoms and not the
disease. The disease is that the ICANN BoD ignores consensus and does
whatever they want to do.  The Blueprint for reform officially
disenfranchises all individual stakeholders in favor of factions or
parties or constituencies - whatever the description, the result is
the same.  "Divide and conquer" comes to mind.

Thanks,


Wednesday, October 2, 2002, 5:28:02 PM, Peter Dengate Thrush <barrister@chambers.gen.nz> wrote:
PDT> Sounds like a goal I support . How do we bell this cat?

PDT> regards
PDT> ----- Original Message -----
PDT> From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com>
PDT> To: "Bret Fausett" <fausett@lextext.com>; "Ross Wm. Rader"
PDT> <ross@tucows.com>; "Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us>; "'Michael D.
PDT> Palage'" <michael@palage.com>; <ga@dnso.org>
PDT> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:36 PM
PDT> Subject: RE: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency


>> So it seems to me that we should arrange a methodology that prevents any
PDT> one
>> group from having so much power that they can control the process and
>> thereby remove incentives to work on solutions that all stakeholders might
>> be willing to support.  It doesn't matter whether we are talking about
PDT> those
>> under contract or those who are not under contract or for that matter any
>> other classification.  Our goal should be to find a solution that is the
>> best for all after considering all stakeholders' concerns.  It should not
PDT> be
>> to see who has the most votes.  Unfortunately, as long as one group has
PDT> the
>> voting edge, that group really doesn't need to listen and possibly
>> compromise.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bret Fausett [mailto:fausett@lextext.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:32 PM
>> To: Ross Wm. Rader; Neuman, Jeff; 'Michael D. Palage'; ga@dnso.org
>> Subject: Re: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency
>>
>>
>> > We ask for EQUAL voting representation.
>>
>> As I noted yesterday, the big problem with set voting blocks is that the
>> allocation doesn't take any account of the issue under discussion. Take
PDT> UDRP
>> revision as one example. The groups most impacted are trademark holders
PDT> and
>> domain name registrants. Registrars have an implementation obligation. But
>> where is the gTLD registry interest? Under the "equal voting
PDT> representation"
>> plan, however, when UDRP revision comes up for consideration in the GNSO
>> Council, the gTLD registries will have 25% of the votes. Does that make
PDT> any
>> sense? By the same token, where's the intellectual property interest (as
>> distinguishable from the interests of registrants generally) in transfers?
>> Yet we're setting up a system in which established groups will have a set
>> vote on each and every issue.
>>
>>          -- Bret
>>
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