Re: [ALSC-Forum] Re: Direct vs. Indirect elections

[Joop Teernstra]

At 08:26 19/10/01 -0700, Eric Dierker wrote:

>Yes it does Leah,
>
>But the issue by in large is not being ignored.  Although in principal we
>may lose the first round for non domain name holders it will be better than
>no progress.

This is also my view. By starting to ask for the (near) impossible, you 
help guaranteeing that we never get user input at all.

Domain Name Holders have a strong case as stakeholders in the DNS.
They need a channel of communication with the supply -side in this 
industry, within an ICANN where their vote counts.

Wider democracy where Internet users without Domains can have a voice, can 
come when the first objective has actually been realized and tested for 
effectiveness.

In the non-internet history of democracy too we have seen an evolutionary 
process.
Suffrage rights were first obtained by taxpayers, then by all people with 
some education, then the women were included, and only then  all above a 
certain age limit got the vote.

--Joop