[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

[Joop Teernstra]

At 07:49 p.m. 7/06/2002 -0500, Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM wrote:
>Hans,
>
>just to talk a bit, close to the weekend: according to your measures,
>ICANN is a great success and hugely non-controversial, as only a
>thousandth of the population you say is concerned has ever made itself
>apparent. Glad to have you vouch for us.

Alejandro,

Pardon me.
The controversy about ICANN is not the low participation of voters, it is 
that for those who are keen to vote there is no recognized right to vote.

Much of the controversy could have been prevented in Singapore in 1998 by 
not letting the IP lobby dictate the constituency structure of the DNSO. 
Even  as late as  Accra, adopting the ALSC report would have relieved the 
pressure. The Board *chose* to take controversial decisions.


On the other hand, a voter who has a right to vote, but does not vote, is 
not controversial.


--Joop