Two points:
1. Whether one belives in the "initial"/"interim" distinction or not,
one does have to admit that the current board is moving fast.
Indeed, at the rate the board is moving, there could soon be a $1 tax
on domain names and the imposition of a supra-national ICANN-imposed
de-facto law of trademark-vs-domain names.
And yet ICANN has not yet created a general membership or permitted
non-commercial and individual interests to participate as full-fledged
voices in any part of ICANN or its Supporting Organizations.
All of these substantive, and largely irreversible decision could
well be in place before there are any board members who have obtained
their seats by elective processes.
So let's just dispense with the notion of "initial" and "interim" and recognize
the clear fact that the unelected board now in place is making permanent,
substantive
regulatory decisions that will color and transform the Internet for
years to come.
Yet while that board is rushing to make those decisions, that board has
rejected the timely participation in those decisions by non-commercial
or individual interests.
2. You wrote the following words:
> ... not is a traitor to democracy and the American way (as defined by
> Fenello/BWG/IRSC)?
The BWG is not now defining, nor has it ever defined "democracy and the
American way".
I strongly resent the Mcarthy-era tactics that are being used to
smear those who have reservations about ICANN's behaviour and
its actions.
--karl--
