Re: [IFWP] Re: Lou Gerstner on what IBM wants from ICANN

[Gene Marsh]

Hi Kent Crispin, you wrote on 7/3/99 2:36:03 PM:

>From the point of view of the "governed" (the Internet at large) an
>out of control ICANN board is absolutely indistinguishable from an
>out of control ICANN membership.  And given the almost inevitable
>small size of the ICANN membership (even a few thousand would be
>incredible) the membership is unavoidably susceptible to capture by
>special interests, demagogues, and mob thinking.  Even more, even if
>a very large membership were created, there is simply no guarantee
>that a large membership would be competent.
>
>This may seem to be a terrible state of affairs, but in fact it is
>largely irrelevant.

Kent, is your assertion here that a smaller membership group is inherently
more competent?  Or inherently less succeptible to capture by special
interests?

Gene...

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