The *current* ICANN board has caused great rifts throughout the Internet
community and made a lot of enemies.
This doesn't necessarily mean that *any* ICANN board would act this way.
An elected board would hopefully act in the interests of those who vote
for them.
However, if ICANN fails, there will be much less chance for representation
from the Internet community. We will then have to hope that there will
be enough people in the general populace to stand by us when we bring our
proposals to whichever governments step in.
--gregbo
