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ICANN Board Spurns Democratic Elections
Pelerin writes "At its meeting in Ghana, ICANN has
voted against the proposals made
in the Final Report on ICANN At-Large Membership, which among other things proposed
an At-Large Supporting Organization (ALSO), which
would hold elections for At-Large seats on the
ICANN board. Membership in ALSO would have been "based on individual domain name holders". In today's resolution ICANN says that it "is not persuaded that global elections are the only or the best means of achieving meaningful public representation or the informed participation of Internet users in the ICANN process" and proceeded to reject the proposals,
while at the same time engaging in a bit of
double-speak about its action according to dissenting board member Karl Auerbach. It looks like ICANN is leaning towards its presidents' reform proposal which argues that ICANN suffers from "Too Much Process" among other problems, and that seats on the board should be chosen by the board itself, from among
nominations submitted by governments and a new
Nominating Committee (NomCom)."
They clearly don't give a rat's ass about the general internet user, just large ISPs and trademark holders.....
there already IS a .geek TLD
its an OpenNIC TLD
They show you how to easly add name servers!
Do it! Get/help other people to do it! Spread the word, and we can help overthrow ICANN!
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
it's almost funny if you ignore what's at stake.
"Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!"