DNSO / Individual v. Corporate Voting

["Bret A. Fausett" <baf@fausett.com>]

I have read the notes the from the Monterrey meeting as well as the three 
drafts of the DNSO bylaws, and I have a couple of questions/comments on 
things that do not appear to have been addressed. For ease of reading and 
response, I will separate them into different threads.

INDIVIDUAL V. CORPORATE VOTING.  

I was pleased to see movement toward an open membership, with individuals 
included with corporations and associations. As far as voting is 
concerned, was the problem of individual voting addressed? Particularly, 
what happens if a large organization enlists each of its employees to 
participate and vote separately? Does this lead to the "capture" problem 
that we are trying to avoid? 

If so, does this mean that we should place some restrictions on an 
individual's right to vote on policy issues if his or her employer is an 
interested party? Or can we simply address this concern by having a 
moderate fee on membership (one that is not onerous for an individual, 
but would become onerous to a corporation if it paid for numerous 
memberships)?

Bret Fausett



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