Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!
Jay Fenello wrote: > > According to a recent Wired article: > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34891,00.html > the folks at Common Cause seem happy, > and the CDT people seem cautious. See http://www.cdt.org/. It looks like CDT isn't going to blow the whistle on the Nominating Committee scam. > Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised > with their initial report. I hope > they stick to their guns, and expose > the ICANN "compromise" as nothing of > the sort. Don't hold your breath, Jay. I think CDT and Common Cause have simply helped ICANN find a way to make the Board's control of the At-large election process more palatable. CDT has been on board the ICANN wagon for a long while now, and they've never criticized it before. This whole thing stinks of a Markle (read "government") white-wash. It's a publicity scam, pure and simple. And since it's Markle-inspired, I wouldn't doubt that the same people who brought us Project Truth, the press cover-up of the Iran-Contra-Drugs scams, (i.e. the CIA and NSA) were behind it. Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org Tel. (718)846-7482Fax: (603)754-8927
Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!
At 02:18 PM 3/12/00 , Michael Sondow wrote: >Ellen Rony wrote: > > > > Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An > > ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda > > or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desired > > mold. > >That is obviously exactly what they intend. Embarrassed into >deleting the 'At-large Council' by the publicly-made CDT and Common >Cause criticisms of the election process >(http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/study/), the ICANN Board has simply >replaced the Council with the Nominating Committee. > >Will CDT and Common Cause keep quiet now, or will they continue to >denounce ICANN's shenanigans and duplicity? According to a recent Wired article: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34891,00.html the folks at Common Cause seem happy, and the CDT people seem cautious. Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised with their initial report. I hope they stick to their guns, and expose the ICANN "compromise" as nothing of the sort. Jay. >That depends upon the >position of the Markle Foundation, which did not openly support the >CDT and Common Cause announcements. If CDT and Common Cause now >openly criticize the Nominating Committee trick, and Markle does not >support their stance and withdraws its funding to them, we may have >heard the last of the only public voices so far opposed to this >dangerous farce. > >This indeed seems to be what has happened: "Public Interest Groups >Praise Democratic Course Set by ICANN" (http://www.cdt.org/). >Unless, of course, the CDT/Common Cause study of the ICANN election >process was a ruse from the beginning. > > > >Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org >Tel. (718)846-7482Fax: (603)754-8927 > Respectfully, Jay Fenello, New Media Relations http://www.fenello.com 770-392-9480 Aligning with Purpose(sm) ... for a Better World "The unexamined life isn't worth living" -- Socrates
Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!
very perceptive observation Ellen and quite right. On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Ellen Rony wrote: > I currently serve as chair the Nominating Committee for the Environmental > Forum of Marin, a 27 year-old organization. In our situation, the > Nominating Committee wields enormous power because it screens potential > candidates and presents a proposed slate to the Board of Directors which is > then approved to be voted on by the members at the annual meeting. While > additional nominees can come from the floor at that time, the vote is > always pro forma. The Nominating Committee nominates its successors. > > Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An > ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda > or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desired > mold. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >The following are highlights from the ICANN Board's 10 March 2000 > >meeting in Cairo: > > > >At-Large Membership: > > > > The Board instructed the staff to prepare Bylaws amendments > > and other resolutions, for public comment and subsequent > > Board action, to accomplish the following: > > > > * Establish a Nominating Committee to be appointed by the > > Board to accept recommendations from the Internet community > > for At-Large ICANN Directors, and to nominate five or more > > candidates for consideration for selection to the ICANN > > Board. > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > Ellen Rony// http://www.domainhandbook.com > Co-author *=" /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Domain Name Handbook \ ) +1 415.435.5010 > // \\ "Carpe canine" > > The more people I meet, the more I like my dog. > > >
Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!
Ellen and all, I agree that the ICANN @Large seems to be a very weak process. This is of course indicative of the ICANN board. It has been very weak on process, thus producing very poor substance in many instances. The UDRP and the "Accreditation Policy" is just two past examples. Nominees should come from the membership itself. But as we [INEGroup] predicted almost a year ago now, the ICANN board does not wish or want this to occur for reasons of loosing a tight fisted control of things. Ellen Rony wrote: > I currently serve as chair the Nominating Committee for the Environmental > Forum of Marin, a 27 year-old organization. In our situation, the > Nominating Committee wields enormous power because it screens potential > candidates and presents a proposed slate to the Board of Directors which is > then approved to be voted on by the members at the annual meeting. While > additional nominees can come from the floor at that time, the vote is > always pro forma. The Nominating Committee nominates its successors. > > Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An > ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda > or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desired > mold. > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >The following are highlights from the ICANN Board's 10 March 2000 > >meeting in Cairo: > > > >At-Large Membership: > > > > The Board instructed the staff to prepare Bylaws amendments > > and other resolutions, for public comment and subsequent > > Board action, to accomplish the following: > > > > * Establish a Nominating Committee to be appointed by the > > Board to accept recommendations from the Internet community > > for At-Large ICANN Directors, and to nominate five or more > > candidates for consideration for selection to the ICANN > > Board. > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > Ellen Rony// http://www.domainhandbook.com > Co-author *=" /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Domain Name Handbook \ ) +1 415.435.5010 > // \\ "Carpe canine" > > The more people I meet, the more I like my dog. Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
[IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!
Ellen Rony wrote: > > Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An > ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda > or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desired > mold. That is obviously exactly what they intend. Embarrassed into deleting the 'At-large Council' by the publicly-made CDT and Common Cause criticisms of the election process (http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/study/), the ICANN Board has simply replaced the Council with the Nominating Committee. Will CDT and Common Cause keep quiet now, or will they continue to denounce ICANN's shenanigans and duplicity? That depends upon the position of the Markle Foundation, which did not openly support the CDT and Common Cause announcements. If CDT and Common Cause now openly criticize the Nominating Committee trick, and Markle does not support their stance and withdraws its funding to them, we may have heard the last of the only public voices so far opposed to this dangerous farce. This indeed seems to be what has happened: "Public Interest Groups Praise Democratic Course Set by ICANN" (http://www.cdt.org/). Unless, of course, the CDT/Common Cause study of the ICANN election process was a ruse from the beginning. Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org Tel. (718)846-7482Fax: (603)754-8927
[IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!
I currently serve as chair the Nominating Committee for the Environmental Forum of Marin, a 27 year-old organization. In our situation, the Nominating Committee wields enormous power because it screens potential candidates and presents a proposed slate to the Board of Directors which is then approved to be voted on by the members at the annual meeting. While additional nominees can come from the floor at that time, the vote is always pro forma. The Nominating Committee nominates its successors. Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desired mold. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >The following are highlights from the ICANN Board's 10 March 2000 >meeting in Cairo: > >At-Large Membership: > > The Board instructed the staff to prepare Bylaws amendments > and other resolutions, for public comment and subsequent > Board action, to accomplish the following: > > * Establish a Nominating Committee to be appointed by the > Board to accept recommendations from the Internet community > for At-Large ICANN Directors, and to nominate five or more > candidates for consideration for selection to the ICANN > Board. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Ellen Rony// http://www.domainhandbook.com Co-author *=" /[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Domain Name Handbook \ ) +1 415.435.5010 // \\ "Carpe canine" The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.
