Hi Andy,
>There was also a wide-ranging discussion of the idea of restricting
>membership to domain-name holders. Several people pointed out the
>potential skews: domain-name holders don't have the same interests as
>users, some are huge (aol.com) while others are tiny, many hold
>multiple domain names (give speculators a big voice in the Board!),
>there are costs in most places for holding domain names, and the
>U.S. has many more domain names than other countries.
Thanks for the great notes - which from my sampling
via the webcast - appeared to capture the moment.
The general hostility to business and users was rather
disconcerting. They seemed to duck the fundamental
question of why some casual user with no stake whatsoever
would bother to participate in any of this, and whether
you want a scheme where non-stakeholders control half the
board. This seemed typified in your summary, above.
Ultimately, the only legitimate function of the organization
is to facilitate cooperation and coordination among those
parties directly dealing with domain names and IP addresses.
--tony
