[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

[James Love]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Crispin" <kent at songbird.com>
: On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:54:19AM -0400, James Love wrote:
: > Don, not that it matters to those who have the power to decide this, but
: > we would welcome a proposal
: Just curious:  Who are you referring to with your "royal we", above?

   Well, maybe it does matter after all?  Cptech.
:
: > that would give the .org domain owners some power,
: >
: > *either* by electing their own board (like the CIRA does now, without
any
: > apparent difficulty),
:
: In last years CIRA election they enrolled all voters in a lottery w/
: $15000 in prizes, as an added inducement to vote.  In spite of that, out
: of 90000 members, ~3000 voted, a 3-4% voter turnout.  You can spin that
how
: you like, but to me, that is a serious "apparent difficulty" that
: doesn't give me a lot of warm fuzzy feelings about the election, or the
: future stability of CIRA:

   Kent, as someone hired by ICANN for at-large.org, do you have complaints
about the qualifications of the CIRA elected board members or the decisions
they have made?  I asked Jonathan Cohen also on this issue, but have not
heard back.  As you know, Jonathan is on the CIRA board.

   Jamie