Re: [ga] GA voter registration

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dominik and all,

  Agreed.  Let's not again as Joop has done in the past with the
IDNO, get into whom has rights to vote on the GA, and what
are whatever criterion, ect., ect., ect...  Let's say or assume
whomever is on the GA list has the right to vote, and leave it
at that.


Dominik Filipp wrote:

> Just a short note, Joop. It might perhaps be useful to manage it as
> connected to the existing GA list subscribtion system (as I guess, Jeff
> is talking about too). I would personally restrict the access to the GA
> voting system to only those properly subscribed to the GA forum, of
> course, if it's doable at all.
>
> Dominik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joop Teernstra [mailto:terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:01 AM
> To: Dominik Filipp
> Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ga] GA voter registration
>
> At 10:00 p.m. 17/01/2007, Dominik Filipp wrote:
> >Indeed, not a bad idea...
> >
> >I checked it too and was able to register without problems.
> >As the first step, just putting a sole link on an ICANN page would
> >suffice. The administration of the site should stay in hands of someone
>
> >who is personally involved and interested in keeping it running and up
> >to date.
>
> The old ICANN website used to provide links to registrant constituency
> building efforts, such as the IDNO. If anything, it reflected an amount
> of sympathy from ICANN's side.
>
> Perhaps someone (Roberto, Ken or Veni perhaps) could be so kind to
> request ICANN's webmaster to provide a link from the gnso.icann.org
> pages to http://www.pollingbooth.info/generalassemblysignup/ to aid in
> the effort to provide a minimum of structure to our GA. (Suggested
> anchor text: creating a voters' roll for the General Assembly)
>
> Roberto, do you still remember how you as elected GA chair  actually
> *counted* a show-of-hands-vote in  Yokohama?
>
> One has to choose between being merely the "realistic" messenger of
> hopelessness or an aide to those who wish to restore some of the former
> role to the only "general assembly" left in ICANN
>
> --Joop--
>
> www.icannatlarge.com

Regards,

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