RE: [ALSC-Forum] Self-regulation and ICANN

[Bruce Young]

Marco Giaconi wrote:

>THE PROBLEM IS NOT TO VOTE, BUT TO MAKE PEOPLE OF THE
>NET WHOM USUALLY DON'T VISIT ICANN SITES THAT A VOTE
>IS GOING ON. IT COULD BE FAIR TO ANNOUNCE VOTING
>PROCEDURES BY BANNERS IN THE MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH
>ENGINES.

I agree that the challenge is to get the mainstream press and the public
involved in the discussion.  If you ask most people outside of the Tech
world (and even some inside it!) about ICANN, they have no idea what you are
talking about.  We need to change that somehow.

>MOREOVER, IT WOULD BE NICE TO DEFINE A MIX
>BETWEEN AREAS AND FUNCTIONS: MORE VOTES IN THE LOST
>AREAS, LESS OF THEM IN THE MOST INTERNETTED ZONES OF
>THE PLANET.

How about more votes everywhere?  :)

>FOR FINANCIAL AUTONOMY (EVEN FROM THE BIG FIRMS) IT
>COULD BE POSSIBLE TO TAKE A SMALL PERCENTAGE FROM
>EVERY E-COMMERCE ACTIVITY, A VERY SMALL BUT, WHIT THE
>NUMBERS INVOLVED, A TRULY SENSIBLE ONE.

This sounds good, but it would look like an "Internet sales tax" to many,
which is already a hotly debated topic here.  I'd rather see ICANN funded
from an very small access fee attached to each ISP bill, and a similar
sliding-scale fee charged to each company's Internet connectivity bill,
based on number of employees.


Bruce Young
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