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Re: [ga] Good work by GNSO on sTLDs

  • To: Richard Henderson <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [ga] Good work by GNSO on sTLDs
  • From: Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 21:26:05 +0100
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On 2003-11-01 16:28:58 -0000, Richard Henderson wrote:

> A further big step forward would be for ICANN to recognise the
> significant credibility *and support* it could gain by
> 'individualising' ALAC - in other words by actively promoting the
> principle of one-person-one-vote in all its RALOs, and thereby
> starting to attract the significant numbers of At Large
> participants who could make a useful and informed contribution to
> ICANN's processes, while adding to its legitimacy.

Let me just note that *nothing* in the ICANN bylaws *prevents* a
RALO from going for "one man one vote."

> If the ALAC and its RALOs were to be developed along a democratic
> model (rather than an organisation-based model); 

A democratic and an organization-based model are not mutually
exclusive.

-- 
Thomas Roessler  <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
At-Large Advisory Committee: http://alac.info/
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