Re: [wg-review] co-chair election system

["Chris McElroy" <watch-dog@inreach.com>]

No that is only to be in the IDNH. As stated before, Individual users should
have even more say in how things are decided through the ICANN than any
other constituency, including the IDNH, in my opinion. I still believe that
since anyone can be part of the @Large or Individual's constituency, we
should total the votes or number of board members of all the constituencies
and then give the Individuals one more vote than the total, giving the users
of the Internet the overriding opinion on every issue. Basically the
constituencies would make their statements through there vote, then have it
presented to the public to see if they agree. If they don't then it isn't
carried.

Simply adding the IDNH in no way balances the system. We can cancel out the
TM vote, but those in the business constituency, which really run the TM
vote as well still have a trump vote over the IDNH. The deck is already
stacked and us getting one extra card isn't going to make enough of a
difference. It is a good start, but if the @Large or the public let's say,
have the final say. The constituencies would simply vote to present a
proposal to the public. We aren't likely to get ANY agreement on this out of
the BoD or other constituencies. (Except possibly from Karl).

But that doesn't mean that we can't try.

"Just because no one has made this race worth
 while, doesn't give you permission to stop running."

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret Busby" <bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au>
To: "DPF" <david@farrar.com>
Cc: <wg-review@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [wg-review] co-chair election system


> DPF wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 22:30:21 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> >
> > >DPF wrote:
>
>
> > >But, then, as it appears that universal suffrage does not exist on this
> > >list, and, as I am not one of the elite, it appears that my opinion
does
> > >not count, anyway, so, I suppose, in the absence of democracy, it does
> > >not really matter.
> >
> > What are you talking about Bret?  Every member of this list does
> > indeed have a vote so what elite are you referring to?
> >
>
> I previously received a message, from the list, that made it quite
> clear, that eligibility required being a domain name owner, which I am
> not. That did not refer to constituencies, but to the list itself.
>
> --
>
> Bret Busby
>
> Armadale, West Australia
>
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