[ncdnhc-discuss] Yesterday's Meeting with DOC

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

But it is hardly surprising since more than one ICANN insider explained
that direct elections were bad because "you don't know who will be
elected".  I suggested that this was actually the *point* of elections,
which ended the conversation.


On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Milton Mueller wrote:

> This is a pretty amazing statement. It seems so typical of
> the ICANN inner-circle, and explains why they eliminated
> the At-large altogether.
> 
> They view any dissent or disagreement
> as a threat to be eliminated rather than as a natural part 
> of institutionalizing an important infrastructure. 
> 
> It should be noted that Auerbach and Mueller-Maguhn
> were elected by overwhelming margins relative to the
> people the ICANN Board/staff nominated. Rather than 
> accepting the simple and obvious fact that their views 
> are out of touch with what people want, ICANN
> blames "the procedure" of voting. Bah.
> 
> >>> "James Love" <james.love at cptech.org> 04/17/02 07:59AM >>>
> >One person at the meeting reported that one ICANN board
> >member  told him that he would never agree to a procedure that would elect
> >people like Karl Auerbach and Andy Mueller-Maguhn.
> 
> 
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