Re: [ALSC-Forum] Comments on study: "Why Consensus Matters"

[Jeff Williams]

Bruce and all interested stakeholers,

Bruce Young wrote:

> Comments on: "Why Consensus Matters"
> <http://www.mids.org/pay/mn/1009/crawford2.html>
>
> "One-person-one-vote rules cannot readily be policed on the internet . . .
> We cannot realistically expect everyone with some stake in the internet
> domain system to join ICANN and participate actively. Nor is there any good
> reason to believe that the tiny percentage of potential stakeholders who do
> join and vote will be 'representative' of those who are impacted."
>
> If all directors are elected at large, consensus will indeed be at work.  As
> for "stakeholders,"  this implies that only those in industry and government
> associated with the Internet deserve a say in how it will be run.  I
> disagree.

  We [INEGroup] are also in agreement with you.  The article to which you
referenced from David R. Johnson and Susan P. Crawford of Matrix
at http://www.matrix.net is one that is and has been one of several
obscure literary organizations that has been a supporter of the
GIP group see: http://www.gip.org and the original "Initial"
ICANN BoD members.  So it is not surprise that such utterings
would come from this obscure source.  I find it rather interesting
that such an "Article" could be given any credence in the face
of the overwhelming outcry for the NOW ICANN BoD to
stop the delay in implementing the @large membership and
immediately hold elections for the remaining @large BoD
members to be elected by freely declared @large members
or Stakeholders/INterested Parties as called for in the
White Paper and the MoU.

> As I said elsewhere in this forum, their need to protect their
> profits is not greater than my need to ensure my children and grandchildren
> inherit a free, unfettered Internet!  Everyone who uses or is affected by
> the Internet has a stake in how well the Internet is governed, particularly
> now when policies and contracts we may all have to live with for some time
> are being set up.
>
> This entire document is spent trying to discourage the democratic process
> and further the idea of consensus.  But it speaks from a viewpoint that
> fosters the views of those involved in the "nuts and bolts" of the Internet
> industry, and fails to address who will represent the needs of the At Large
> user community (and be held accountable when  they don't!).
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
> byoung651@home.com
> http://members.home.net/byoung651/index.html
>
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Regards,

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