Re: [wg-c] re: Choosing the intial testbed

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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The ICANN membership is so badly restricted in size and in scope that it would
not be an effective source for this "election".

That restriction alone will meet with way too much opposition to be taken
seriously here.


On 23-Mar-2000 James Love wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
>> You are suggesting limiting this vote to the 5,000 approved ICANN "members?"
> 
>     Yes.   but "approved" is a loaded term, and if there was a vote, the
> number of ICANN members would likly increase, including anyone who was
> interested enough to register as a voter.  
> 
>> Please.  First of all, this will not be anywhere NEAR ready in the
>> foreseeable
>> future.  Secondly, this is nowhere NEAR a solution for polling the "Internet
>> Community."    
> 
>     I don't think there is a "solution for polling the 'Internet
> community," and what is the "Internet Community" other than a polemical
> device for avoiding identifying who will actually make decisions?
> 
>    ICANN says they can do the vote by September for the Board.  That
> seems pretty fast.  
> 
>     And the membership in ICANN is presently open and free to anyone
> with an email address and an postal address, which isn't a bad criteria,
> IMO.  At least it is a criteria.  
> 
>     But fine if you have an actual way to create a rival *election*
> process, that can be done faster.   
> 
>    Jamie
> 
>  PS, I've used the term, "election" and others have used the word
> "polling."  I don't think they mean the same thing, although they are
> similar ideas.  
> 
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