[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

[James Love]

Maybe they should just turn ICANN over to ISOC.  Seriously, it would seem
like a better out come than the structure proposed by the reform committee.
It isn't a populist organization, but it does have a culture of supporting
competition and innovation more than the current ICANN.    Have something
like the ITU give a contract to ISOC to do some limited stuff?   Could be
worse outcomes.   And, with funding from .org, maybe even they could manage
some at large elections too.    Jamie

But have to deal with conflicts between ISOC board members and aflilias and
other registrars.   In fact, one can imagine a host of issues for any
organization that suddenly became a regulator.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Heath" <heath at isoc.org>
To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin at law.miami.edu>
Cc: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller at syr.edu>; <james.love at cptech.org>;
<discuss at icann-ncc.org>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org


: At 11:19 PM 6/3/02 -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
: >Don, it would be helpful if you could set me straight - one hears so many
: >weird things these days.
: >
: >I've been told that ISOC just rewrote it rules so that individual members
: >no longer vote to elect directors, and the voting rights are for sale to
: >corporate conributors.
:
: At this point all that was done was to suspend election of Trustees by
: Individual members, for 2002.  That is a case provided in the ISOC bylaws.
:
: At the same time, we have changed our governance structure to allow
: Trustees to be elected by constituencies - IETF, Chapters, and
Organization
: members, plus others to be appointed by the board.
:
: >That's false, right?  ISOC is still a members' organization, not
: >controled/controllable by a trade group, isn't it?
:
: I can say with certainty that Trustees are individuals, representing
: themselves, in the best interest of the Internet and the Internet
: Society.  They are not elected to the board of ISOC to represent Chapter
: interests, Organization member interests, or IETF interests.
:
: ISOC is not controlled by any entity.  It is based on a set of principles
: by which we define what we do, how we do it, why we do it, and also how we
: form our position on the many issues that confront the Internet.
:
: Thus, little has changed with regard to the ideals of ISOC.
:
: Don
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