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I voted for Chapin and Miller 5th and 6th with Langenberg in last place. I recommend that others do the same despite Chapin and Miller's views that ICANN is doing well so far. Why? Well, the following is an excerpt from his answers to the questionnaire that the Internet Democracy project sent all candidates. This first question dealt with the candidates view of the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Dispute Policy:

I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE UDRP AND HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

Folks, just about every one of Langenberg's answers is along the lines of "I don't know," "I've never heard of that," etc. From his answers, I just can't comprehend why the guy is even running. He doesn't seem to know anything about ICANN or even care about what they do.

From his statements, I feel that the guy is such a wildcard that I would actually prefer the candidates who espouse views I disagree with to somoebody who hasn't even bothered to look at the issues. I'm pretty sure that either Auerbach or Lessig will win, but if it came down to a choice between Langenberg, Miller, and Chapin, I would definitely prefer somebody who had actually studied the issues to somebody who knows nothing. Langenberg's lack of any knowledge whatsoever about the issues could be used to prove a point about the innefectiveness of At-Large members.

For these reasons, I suggest that voters put him dead last in your voting order.

Does anyone have a clue why ICANN even nominated the guy?

BTW, *everybody* should take a close look at the positions espoused by the nominees from Asia and Africa on the IDP site. Their positions on ICANN are much different than those of the American and European counterparts!

/EJS

I voted for Chapin and Miller 5th and 6th with Langenberg in last place. I recommend that others do the same despite Chapin and Miller's views that ICANN is doing well so far. Why? Well, the following is an excerpt from his answers to the questionnaire that the Internet Democracy project sent all candidates. This first question dealt with the candidates view of the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Dispute Policy:

I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE UDRP AND HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

Folks, just about every one of Langenberg's answers is along the lines of "I don't know," "I've never heard of that," etc. From his answers, I just can't comprehend why the guy is even running. He doesn't seem to know anything about ICANN or even care about what they do.

From his statements, I feel that the guy is such a wildcard that I would actually prefer the candidates who espouse views I disagree with to somoebody who hasn't even bothered to look at the issues. I'm pretty sure that either Auerbach or Lessig will win, but if it came down to a choice between Langenberg, Miller, and Chapin, I would definitely prefer somebody who had actually studied the issues to somebody who knows nothing. Langenberg's lack of any knowledge whatsoever about the issues could be used to prove a point about the innefectiveness of At-Large members.

For these reasons, I suggest that voters put him dead last in your voting order.

Does anyone have a clue why ICANN even nominated the guy?

BTW, *everybody* should take a close look at the positions espoused by the nominees from Asia and Africa on the IDP site. Their positions on ICANN are much different than those of the American and European counterparts!

/EJS