Franky and all,
Good argument! Unfortunately the ICANN (Initial?) Interim board
and the GIP http://www.gip.org know this which is why they
have continued to thwart any VOTING from taking place from the
Stakeholders.
Frank Rizzo wrote:
> At 12:43 PM -0700 9/10/99, Greg Skinner wrote:
> >Frank Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >Dave, it may not be for "bad or evil" purposes. I agree with you
> > >here. But, things are being done for self-serving big-business
> > >purposes. It's just sad that we have ICANN being bought out by
> > >high-priced lobbyists (not unlike our own government) but we don't
> > >have the mechanism to vote the bastards out of of office.
> >
> >Are you sure that a public vote would not have the same results?
> >After all, the people who are lobbying ICANN right now will just
> >directly lobby the government(s) who wind up setting up Internet
> >policy if ICANN falls.
> >
> >I'm all for voting, but I don't expect that a public vote would
> >have outcomes much different than those which generally favor big
> >business.
>
> If a public vote had the same outcome, I could live with it. I
> believe in democracy. Though I highly doubt that a vote would come
> out with the same cast of characters as ICANN is today. And if they
> knew that they could be voted out in 12 months, they'd do a better
> job of being accountable to ALL of their constituents, not just "the
> coalition of trademark, regulatory and e-commerce interests behind
> it".
>
> -riz
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