Diane Cabell wrote:
>How would at-large do outreach for enrollment? The cooperation of the
>registrars would be the single best source of potential members, IMHO.
>There is a need to attract lots of interested parties without excluding
>anyone but also to avoid an imbalance that might come from only posting at
>organizational sites. What associations claim lots of interested netizens
>among their membership base? The .edus have huge enrollments, but perhaps
>not many who will be interested in names & numbers. Any suggestions?
Let me ask--why would people in the academic community want to join as
ICANN members when they have no representation in the DNSO. Oh sure, they
can be part of the general assembly but they cannot vote for Names Council
representatives who vote for the DNSO BOD representatives. OTOH, they can
join the At Large members ande vote for 9 BOD positions, but At large
doesn't make policy recommendations. Neither side of this equation (GA or
At Large participation( gives the academic community an opportunity for the
full participation offered to trademark interests (e.g., TMOs have a
constituency and can participate as individuals on the At Large
membership).
Academic/research use of the Internet is certainly as valid as the business
and IP interests and preceded them by, oh, about 22 years!
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