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Re: [registrars] SiteFinder Ballot
- To: "Michael D. Palage" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [registrars] SiteFinder Ballot
- From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 06:30:04 -0400
- Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxx, Paul Twomey <twomey@xxxxxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: <NFBBLJNJELIAEBHKGJNMKENCGLAA.michael@palage.com>
- Organization: Tucows Inc.
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On 10/1/2003 10:14 PM Michael D. Palage noted that:
what Option would give you the highest level of confidence in
assessing the consensus of the registrars constituency.
As long as we are discussing the consensus of the constituency
membership, then we should provide as much information as we possibly
can. This might appear to be a subtle point, but it really goes to the
heart of what makes us a constituency. In the past (and certainly not
coming from you) when the vote didn't support someone's agenda, it was
quickly claimed that it was non-representative because it didn't include
a majority of market share or a majority of *all* registrars. We have
never claimed to represent a majority of all registrars and market share
based determinations can't adequately demonstrate the broad range of
interests of our members. To be blunt, these tactics have been typically
used to mute our voice within the process.
We explicitly codify "one member, one vote" in our bylaws - I would
strongly urge us to continue to uphold this principle. Bruce has made a
suggestion that furthers this goal, as have others offlist. I'm happy
with any of the options as long as it doesn't place a higher value on
Register.com's or Tucows' vote than it does on 007Names' or Domainbank's
solely because of market share considerations - we all have an equal voice.
Thanks for the followup.
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-rwr
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