Hey Jim -- Let's not be silly about this. We don't need no stinking candidates to vote on whether we like or dislike something. I do not propose to run an election for ICANN board seats without ICANN's knowledge. In fact, my position is that we should not do anything to help ICANN do anything that they can and should do for themselves, including jumping of a handy cliff someplace.
Yes, we need a ballot in any case, and as someone noted, a TXT record in your domain name's ZONE file can act as a voting tool if someone wishes to organize such a thing. A major issue is to define an electorate, and if it is defined as "People who control a Zone File", then using the zone file as the ballot is simple enough. If the Zone File's "owner" is not smart enough to figure out how to follow instructions to vote, then I think we can consider it a none vote. Using that same information to organize a more "normal" looking ballot election should also be possible if there is reason to do it, perhaps as a demonstration of the ability to do it without screwing it up as ICANN is wont to do. Cheers...\Stef At 2:19 PM -0600 3/22/02, Jim Fleming wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Einar Stefferud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [IFWP] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] HP/Compaq vote and .org reassignment > > > > Do we need a sanction from anyone to run such an election? > > > > If the voter EMail addresses are openly available, it should be easy > > enough to issue a voter ID (DVC) to each and let them vote via the > > Internet. > > > > See <http://mysafevote.com/> > > > > Perhaps IFWPlist would like to give it a try for IFWP subscribers? > > > >It would seem that you first need a ballot, or slate of candidates. Then, you >are not running an election but more of a straw-poll. In order to assemble a >slate of candidates, you would likely have to go through the expensive >ICANN screening process, where Arthur Andersen decides if the candidates >have enough money and the ICANN legal staff gets their fees for making >sure the candidates meet all of the criteria they set up. Then you >have to allow >enough time to have the I* society insiders jockey to get on the payrolls of >the candidates. At that point you are ready for the big vote. If the >straw-poll >turns out to the liking of the 15 hand-selected insiders, they will of course >declare their agreement. If not, then they will do the ".WEB shuffle" and >claim to be doing everyone a favor by waiting until the next round (which >never comes) when there is more consensus. While all of this is going on, the >candidates (unlike individuals) of course can reorganize and completely >change the companies involved. Once that happens, then your straw-poll >candidate can be declared the winner, and it will be the same I* society >insiders who have moved behind the scenes to sit in the winner's seat. You >are dealing with a group of people who swim at the shallow end of the >ethical gene pool. Go ahead and vote, poll, etc. and watch the swamp >32-bit DNS swamp churn under your feet..... > >-- >JF
