[IFWP] Will you ever have a vote?

1999-08-27 Thread Eric Weisberg
Andrew McLaughlin wrote: The ICANN Board of Directors held its third quarterly meeting in Santiago, Chile, today. The Board passed a number of resolutions, including the following: ... - Implementation of At Large Membership "Implementation" is an interesting descriptor for what was

Re: [IFWP] Will you ever have a vote?

1999-08-27 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Hi Eric, I understand that voting will only occur when 5,000 people sign up for membership. A small fraction of that number have The whole scheme was concocted to allow ICANN board and staff to control the election of their replacements and, more importantly, to reduce any means of

Re: [IFWP] Will you ever have a vote?

1999-08-27 Thread Ellen Rony
Hi, Eric-- I left your full posting in this message, because it certainly bears repeating. What you have missed, to make matters worse, is that the At Large membership won't even be able to hold direct elections. Instead, it will be voting for 18 members of an At Large Council who will SELECT

Re: [IFWP] Will you ever have a vote?

1999-08-27 Thread Jeff Williams
Eric and all, No, you said it all here Eric. This whole thing is a travesty is about all I can add... :( But I have been expecting something like this from this ICANN (Initial?) Interim board. It is just simply another example of a direct attempt to thwart the White Paper... Eric Weisberg

Re: [IFWP] Will you ever have a vote? - ICANN out of control again?

1999-08-27 Thread Jeff Williams
Tony and all, Indeed this whole "Procedure" does indeed look like some sort of concoction that Jones Day and Joe Sims would come up with. I only hope that the House Commerce Commission will take a close look into this situation... A.M. Rutkowski wrote: Hi Eric, I understand that voting will