Re: [atlarge-discuss] VB on elections for ICANN board members

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Don't tread down this slippery slope as all who have gone before us have done.

Eric

Bruce Young wrote:

> Vittorio, please continue to work with who you can for what you can, then
> bring it to the organization for ratification.
>
> Jamie, please allow those who may have a foot in the door to keep it there,
> even if the smell inside offends you!  It offends me too, but the
> alternative is no interaction at all.  And if Vittorio can turn one voice
> from the Dark Side to support our cause, it's a victory!
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vittorio Bertola [mailto:vb@vitaminic.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:10 AM
> To: James Love
> Cc: atlarge discuss list
> Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] VB on elections for ICANN board members
>
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:50:11 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Right now:  VB is you can't have individuals elect ICANN board members.
>
> No, please. You even asked me an explicit clarification about this. I said
> that individuals should elect board members, but that since this is not
> achievable in the present situation as the ICANN Board will never accept it
> and no external force will likely act to make them accept it, we should try
> at least to get some more realistic targets. For example, an At Large
> council or committee elected by individuals, which in turn elects some board
> or NomCom members.
>
> Anyway, the quarrel closes here. There is a basic divergence of ideas: while
> we both are unhappy by what ICANN has been doing in the last years with the
> At Large issue, you think we should not interact with them any more but for
> complaining, I think we should still work to get as much as possible in the
> new scenario that will be defined in the next two days. I won't convince you
> of my opinion and you won't convince me of yours. Correct?
> --
> .oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo vb.
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