Re: [ALSC-Forum] Restriction of At Large to domain holders?

[Mark C . Langston]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:04:16PM +0200, Alexander Svensson wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> my two cents on this issue:
> 
> 1. POSITIONS AND THEIR RATIONALE
> 
> In his paper, Mike Roberts argues that an "At Large SO for
> individual users of domain names and addresses" should be
> created. If I understand this correctly (and perhaps Mike
> Roberts can correct me if I'm wrong), this does not refer
> only to "domain name holders", but to individual Internet
> users in general -- with an emphasis on "more informed
> participation" by "an explicit membership and an explicit
> connection to a recognized and verifiable local
> organization" instead of an "open, worldwide At Large
> election process with an electorate of all Internet users".
> 

That's correct.  It explicitly states "USERS of domain names and
addresses".  Every person who has made use of any resource available
on the Internet, whether it be web sites, streaming media, e-mail, WAP
browsers on telephones, instant messagers, home computers configured
with RFC1918-compliant address schemes, etc. etc. etc. are USERS of
domain names and addresses.



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