RE: DNSO / Individual v. Corporate Voting

[Roberto Gaetano <Roberto.Gaetano@etsi.fr>]

Bret,

You raise an interesting issue:

> 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?
> 
Personally, I disagree.
If I am a member as an individual, my rights of vote are independent of
those of my employer (or any other organization that I may belong to, and
that is also a DNSO Member).
I may well disagree with my employer, and vote in a different way.

>  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)?
> 
I would in any case assume a non-free membership, even for individuals.
And this independently from the potential problem of capture.

Roberto