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ICANN Stacks Board with Non-Critical Appointees

Posted by michael on from the all-pretenses-of-public-input-eliminated dept.

Froomkin writes "ICANN's outgoing dissident Board member, Andy Mueller-Maguhn, has leaked the slate that ICANN's so-called NomCom (actually an appointments committee) has picked. The new public representatives are mostly a mix of incumbent ICANN Board directors who don't rock the boat, corporate executives, and ISOC members. Dissident Andy Mueller-Maguhn got replaced by a former member of the board of Deutsche Telekom. Dissident Karl Auerbach (who had to sue ICANN to get to see its documents) got replaced by the President of the U.S. Council for International Business. At least the Board Squatters are finally going to be history. Details at ICANNWatch." ICANN is an interesting study in how a ruling regime can usurp a democratic institution and turn it into an autarchy.

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  1. I've spent too much time at dot-bombs by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I read the headline, I thought "non-critical appointees" was a buzzword for "the folks we're about to lay off."

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  2. Autarchy? by Gizzmonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that when the Autobots rule your board?

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    (-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
    1. Re:Autarchy? by foxtrot · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is that when the Autobots rule your board?

      Oddly, given that the elected rulers turned on their electors and usurped power, it sounds more to me like they were Decepticons....

  3. Hard to resist... by SmirkingRevenge · · Score: 3, Funny

    ICANNABELIEVEIT!

  4. Aww! To Hell with ICANN! by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to make my own Internet! With hookers! And Gambling!

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    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

    1. Re:Aww! To Hell with ICANN! by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 3, Funny

      That sounds like a good idea! Only without the internet part!

  5. Case studies... by jhouserizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ICANN is an interesting study in how a ruling regime can usurp a democratic institution and turn it into an autarchy.

    Thanks! ...I've been looking for some real-life examples of how to achieve this!

  6. Board seat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whenever I hear those two words together, I cannt help but think of a wooden outhouse seat.

    1. Re:Board seat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      And similar volumes of poo are generated on both!

  7. Yeah... by BigMe · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what do they say? I'll refresh the page in a while. Thanks!

  8. Re:The Corporate World Government by retto · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think someone has been listening to their Rage Against The Machine MP3s while watching Fight Club again. Pronoun overload...

  9. democracy2autarchy by 4of12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks! ...I've been looking for some real-life examples of how to achieve this!

    democracy2autarchy is a closed source software project, but it has been having some success, enough to be lucrative.

    I've tried to install it myself but can't get past the point of needing libmoney.a

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  10. ICANN Stacks Board - ICANNCEIVABLE! by Myriad · · Score: 3, Funny
    ICANN Stacks Board with Non-Critical Appointees

    ICANNABELIEVEIT!

    Shouldn't it be ICANNCEIVABLE?

    But I'm not sure if that word means what I think it means.

    Blockwars: a realtime, multiplayer game. Go!

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  11. How icann works by dozer · · Score: 4, Funny
    icann is a strange group. The following transcript offers some insight into their inner workings.


    TRANSCRIPT

    It's really weird that they approve useless domains like .aero and .coop, yet they don't create two of the most needed domains: .kids and .xxx!