Re: [ga] Developing an alternative to ICANN 2.0

["L. Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

Yup.  The folks that could have been helpful probably found that their time was best 
used for viable projects rather than wasting energy on an insider game.

Leah


On 30 May 2003 at 8:54, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:

> The reason IMHO is that the game is pretty much fixed: dissidents know they
> can't get the votes to influence outcomes, there is no balloting open to
> the public in any forum.  Thus no incentive to participate if you are not
> an insider.
> 
> On Fri, 30 May 2003, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> 
> > We are on the eve of a major election/nomination of the ICANN BoD. This
> > is supposed to be an event that will deeply influence the Internet policy
> > in the years to come, as a large number of Directors is involved.
> > However, I don't feel the tension that I have experienced at the times of
> > the selection of the initial BoD. The hectic horse-trading, the
> > circulation of names of candidates, the intense phone calling, the gossip
> > on the lists, the cross-vetos, and so on, is not there.
> 
> [...]
> > 
> > The reason, IMHO, is that the stakes are lower.
> 
> Only in the sense that the outcomes are fixed, so why play?
> 
> 
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