Re: [ALSC-Forum] An idea and some thoughts

[Jeff Williams]

All stakeholders and interested parties,

desertbobp wrote:

> Has anyone in this august group ever considered the process used for on-line
> voting of shares of stock?

  Yes I have brought up this fact on several occasions on other forums
discussing these matters such as the DNSO GA list.

> I do this all the time and it seems to work
> well.

  Yes it does.

> I don't know how secure it is, but if you consider the possiblities
> of using this mechanism to conduct a proxy war for control of a company, you
> would have to think they have at least given the security issue some serious
> thought.  Check it out.
>
>  http://www.proxyvote.com/

  Good reference!

>
>
> Also, though I haven't read the draft report yet (I will as soon as I can),
> I'm very disturbed by what appears to be in it (based on the comments I've
> seen).  I am an individual who would like to have the *opportunity* to
> provide input to ICANN's policies.  I do not currently have my own domain
> name and have no intention of ever having one (though I have considered it).
>
> I also strongly disagree with any proposal to reduce the number of at large
> board members since I believe that the at large community will always be
> some disatvantage vs. the more organized stake holders and reducing the at
> large board seats will compound this.
>
> When I first joined this list, I thought that many were being overly
> paranoid about the intentions of the current *powers that be*.  Maybe not.

  Yes, maybe not is right!  Live and learn...

>
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Regards,

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