On 7/26/13 8:40 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Jul 26, 2013, at 11:05 , David Conrad <d...@virtualized.org> wrote: >> > On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patr...@ianai.net> >> > wrote: >>> >> You can change anything you want. ARIN & ICANN are both member >>> >> organizations. Propose a change, get the votes, and POOF!, things are >>> >> changed. >> > >> > Err. ICANN isn't a membership organization. It is possible to change >> > things at ICANN, but the mechanisms are ... different and much slower >> > (since it involves getting consensus in a multi-stakeholder environment). > Sure it is, the membership is just very .. uh .. selective. :) > > "Stakeholder" is just a fancy way of saying "member". They vote, things > change. > > Like I said, this is _exactly_ what Ryan wanted. Only the "anointed" get to > decide things. Works out well, doesn't it?
Actually the member / non-member distinction is important in California corporations law. Also important is the distinction between agency of government and anything else, there's about two reams of double-sided 11pt text on the subject, and that's just between Michael Froomkin and Joe Simms. Cheers, Eric
