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Topic: Who at ICANN supports At Large voting and consensus with accountability?
Date: 2000-09-27 19:50:14
Author: Crittenden Jarvis <critt@bellsouth.net>

Question: To your knowledge, by name, who at ICANN is absolutely committed to (a) maintaining voting by the At Large Membership to elect effective board members and (b) consensus with accountability as the basis for all ICANN decisions?

Nominee Replies
Donald Langenberg - posted on 2000-10-01 20:00:38
I don't know. Those sound like good principles to me, though.

Harris Miller - posted on 2000-09-29 11:50:11
I do not know specifically who the members might be. I am in favor of involving At Large membership in corporate governance and am committed to consensus with accountability.

Emerson Tiller, J.D., Ph.D. - posted on 2000-09-28 18:19:01
I do not know, but I suspect there are many at ICANN who see the value of at large voting and concensus. The logic is too compelling and the principles so embedded in democratic thinking to be ignored uniformly by everyone in the organization.

Barbara Simons - posted on 2000-09-28 18:09:00
I don't know who on the ICANN Board is absolutely committed to the points mentioned above, but I think this is an interesting question to ask of the current Board members. If I am elected to the Board, I shall do all I can to insure that future elections take place and that all nine at large Board members are truly at large, i.e. selected by election. I am a strong believer in accountability and consensus, which is why I call for building a decision-making process that is open and inclusive - and that involves two-way communications from the Board to the at large community and from the community to the Board. Finally, accountability will be meaningless unless well defined procedures are put into place that will allow sufficient time for people to read and comment on issues, proposals, and initiatives.

Lyman Chapin - posted on 2000-09-28 17:21:49
I do not know which of the current ICANN board members individually supports at-large voting and consensus with accountability. If I am elected, at least one of the directors will support both.

Lawrence Lessig - posted on 2000-09-28 01:31:53
The board has voted for a clean slate review of the at-large process, so I am unsure who, or if anyone, is committed to the at large process.


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