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Lyman Chapin
- posted on 2000-09-26 11:34:29
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This is actually two questions. According to ICANN, you are a non-statutory member; in my opinion, ICANN is a non-profit corporation subject to California law, and you are therefore a statutory member.
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Lawrence Lessig
- posted on 2000-09-26 03:11:09
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This is a difficult legal question. ICANN's
view is that you are a nonstatutory
member. My view is that members were
to be statutory members.
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Emerson Tiller, J.D., Ph.D.
- posted on 2000-09-25 00:21:01
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According to ICANN, you are something less than the statutory member. But if ICANN maintains its status under California nonprofit laws, you should have the rights of a full statutory member.
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Karl Auerbach
- posted on 2000-09-24 22:17:08
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According to California law a person who votes for a director in an election pursuant to a specific provision of the articles and bylaws is a member and receives many statutory rights.
I believe that the current election is indeed pursuant to a specific provision of the bylaws and that hence you and are are members.
ICANN has no power to supersede California law - hence what they say about it in the by-laws is merely powerless verbage -- ICANN may as equally try to say that their employees are exempt from the California traffic laws.
See my platform on this point at http://www.cavebear.com/ialc/platform.htm#full-members
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Donald Langenberg
- posted on 2000-09-24 10:53:06
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That's an important question, and a technical one that would require careful reading and interpretation of the relevant statute. I haven't done that and so don't know the answer.
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