[ICANN-EU] Re: was anyone else unable to vote in the ICANN election?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Norbert and all,

  To answer you question posed in the subject line, yes, some
3500 of our members that are At-Large ICANN members
were unable to vote for various reasons.  The predominant
reason being that they did not receive their PIN#'s. or their
PIN#'s did not work.

Norbert Klein wrote:

> Dear Jody,
>
> thanks for your additional information. As the Non-Commercial
> Domain Name Holders Constituency is also discussing At-Large
> Membership concerns, I copy your mail also to this list.
> Hoping that we can come closer to a solution where the ICANN
> At-Large Membership will not remain a Web Users Club only,
> finding ways to allow also the many e-mail only users,
> especially in developing countries, to participate actively
> through membership and voting possibilities in the
> organization that is described on the Marina del Rey Web site
> with these characteristics:
>
>         "ICANN encourages broad participation
>         in its bottom-up consensus-development process."
>
> Norbert
>
> ---
> ** Norbert Klein, Open Forum of Cambodia, Web:
> www.forum.org.kh
> ** FaxPhone: +855 (23) 360345, POBox 177, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: At Large Membership [mailto:atlarge@icann.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2000 10:16
> To: norbert@forum.org.kh
> Subject: RE: was anyone else unable to vote in the ICANN
> election?
>
> Dear Norbert,
>
> I apologize for the confusion caused by my email.
> There was no change in any At Large registration procedure.
> The website mentioned previously was not part of the At
> Large membership process, but rather something that I became
> aware of informally. The behavior was not sanctioned and
> thus not publicized.
>
> One of the concerns during the registration process besides
> fraud
> was that our member's personal information be kept private.
> Email is
> not the most secure way to ensure this.
>
> Esther's statement was therefore accurate.
> Again, sorry for the confusion.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jody
>
> Jody A. Baram
> Program Manager
> ICANN At Large Members Program
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Norbert Klein [mailto:norbert@forum.org.kh]
> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:20 PM
> > To: atlarge@icann.org
> > Cc: ML NCDNHC-Discuss
> > Subject: RE: was anyone else unable to vote in the ICANN
> election?
> >
> >
> > Dear Jody,
> >
> > Thanks for your mail appended – apologies for the late
> > response.
> >
> > Let me say that I am really surprised: how could I or some
> > other registered e-mail only voters have become aware of
> this
> > alternative, if your office did not send information to all?
> >
> > And especially so as Esther Dyson had written before “the
> > specific cumbersome registration process [[via Web access
> > only]] is *designed* to be cumbersome so as to deter fraud.
> > i'm not sure we can or should change it.”
> >
> > So it actually WAS changed??? - but without a public
> > announcement.
> >
> >
> > Norbert
> >
> > ===
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: At Large Membership [mailto:atlarge@icann.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 October 2000 00:12
> > To: norbert@forum.org.kh
> > Subject: RE: was anyone else unable to vote in the ICANN
> > election?
> >
> > Dear Norbert,
> >
> > FYI-- many email users were able to sign up for
> > the At Large Membership Program
> > offline by e-mail via
> > the webmail server <www4mail@unganisha.idrc.ca>
> > using command XFORMREPLY = TEXT.
> > Please see
> > http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~www4mail/
> > for more info.
> > I'm sorry you were not aware of this alternative.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Jody
> >
> > Jody A. Baram
> > Program Manager
> > ICANN At Large Members Program
>
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