Re: [ga] 305 Voters

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Some evidence that the GA actually can influence policy might also be
helpful.  Not only in terms of the debates, but in terms of ICANN
actually following through on GA resolutions.   Jamie

Ladi wrote:
> 
> As one quite possibly speaking for my age group/generation, I don't find
> it very hard to believe that nobody in the 18-21 (give or take) bracket
> seems very interested in entering and dealing with such a highly
> politicized area whose importance seems rather limited and where petty
> rivalries seem to the be the rule.
> 
> My suggestion is to find a way to make domain policy in general a much
> more important issue to the minds of the general non-technical,
> non-policy-minded public. Most people I've talked to my age (and older)
> could not tell you what UDRP is, who ICANN is, the difference between
> registry and registrars, etc. Start changing that and you might start
> seeing more people interested enough to participate in domain policy
> discussions and actions.
> 
> ~Ladi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org] On Behalf Of William
> S. Lovell
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 5:19 AM
> To: ga@DNSO.org
> Subject: [ga] 305 Voters
> 
> Interesting who one sees there and who one does not.
> Some people post but don't vote; quite a few more
> vote but we never see them post. 305 people speaking
> for millions. Amazing!
> 
> Is it possible that the purported lack of any "bottom up" operation by
> ICANN might arise because it has almost no "bottom?"
> 
> Bill Lovell
> 
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