RE: [ga] The North American DNSO BoD chair

[john.c.lewis@bt.com]

Is 50 </=\> number formerly making the decisions ?

Regards

John C Lewis

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ellen Rony [SMTP:erony@marin.k12.ca.us]
> Sent:	13 October 1999 17:29
> To:	ga@dnso.org
> Subject:	Re: [ga] The North American DNSO BoD chair
> 
> Kent Crispin wrote:
> >
> >3) the NC must ignore this because it isn't part of the ground
> >rules.  Saying that the nominations were really elections in
> >disguise changes the rules dramatically, and many people would have
> >done things much differently if that were really to be the case.
> 
> 
> I think the same skewed thinking will appear when the At Large Council
> selects or elects the At Large members of the ICANN board.  Should the
> membership ever reach that lefty threshhold of 5,000 members and finally
> elect At Large Council members, what guarantees will we have that they, in
> turn, will reflect the will of the membership body.
> 
> ICANN's supposedly bottom up structure is realy a steeply angled pyramid
> scheme with perhaps 50 people making all the significant decisions for the
> entire Internet administration. IMHO.
> 
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