[ALSC-Forum] Feedback on Draft Report

[Khyron]

I am deeply saddened by the draft report.

If we are to be a free and self organizing body we cannot and should not 
allow a "poll tax" to be implemented because of the very manner that it 
manages to exclude many individuals in favor of companies or organizations 
that can afford to be part of the process.  Because most domain name 
holders are companies, It does not adequately allow for representation of 
individuals.

To suggest that only letting registered domain name holders vote as a way 
to reduce fraud is patently absurd.  In fact it only encourages those that 
have an interest that they would like to have pushed through to acquire a 
second AT-LARGE voting membership.  It would not take a large leap of 
imagination to think that individuals or companies that hold multiple 
domain names would have a larger voice and influence because of their 
unnatural voting advantage.

In the United States, everyone who fits a minimum set of criteria can 
vote.  Many choose not to exercise this privilege.  I would suggest to the 
Drafting board that they look at the US and other governments around the 
world before deciding to condemn the entire existing voting process, and 
replacing it with an absurd non-representative system that does not serve 
the community.




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