Re: [wg-c] voting on TLDs

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 04:49:43PM -0800, James Love wrote:
> In the event that only a limited number of TLDs will be authorized by
> ICANN, it would be possible to have at least some be allocated on the
> basis of a vote by the ICANN at large membership.
> 
> This would be real "bottom up" governance, and it would also connect the
> the "Internet community."   

Suppose 10000 new members suddenly appeared and decided to add a TLD 
called ".general-motors".  Or maybe ".saddam".  And then 30000 more 
people suddenly joined and voted for ".death-to-gore".

Please note that the White Paper places stability of the Internet above
all other concerns.  The primary goal here isn't "bottom up governance"
-- the primary goal is something that actually works.  Community
involvement is important, but it isn't the primary issue.

Moreover, in the ICANN structure it is the DNSO that is supposed to 
decide DNSO policy, not the at-large membership.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain