>Mikki Barry wrote:
>
>> Constituencies need to
>>be inclusive rather than exclusive. Individuals AND organizations need to
>>have voices and votes. If ICANN is going to be a coherrent and harmonious
>>structure, there has to be more enfranchisement of dissenting opinions,
>>true incorporation of those opinions into the mix, and much LESS emphasis
>>on global standards and MORE emphasis on what has made the Internet the
>>great vehicle for speech and commerce that it now is.
>
>My prediction is that the constituencies will not be inclusive (e.g.,
>individuals denied in one case, non IP interests in another) Instead, the
>constituencies will become lobbying groups by another name. Recognizing
>that development, it will be an easy feat for well-funded "crossover"
>groups such as ISOC to play the issues from many sides of the constituency
>fence--commercial, noncommercial, IP -- and for that much feared concept,
>capture by a special interest group, to take place. IMHO.
Indeed, it has already happened.
