Re: [icann-eu] 10.000 PIN codes found....

[Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, at 11:53 [=GMT+0100], Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:

> some might like to know...

I do very much. I have still not lost my surprise that people have let
this go so easily. Thanks for telling!

> I stuck my head into ICANN's offices while I was in LA.
> In the At Large Membership office, she (it's one person!) has stacked up 
> approximately 10.000 PIN code envelopes, all returned from the post office 
> and stamped with some variant of "unknown address".

The next question would be: from which countries? What exactly do
these stamps say?

> I suggested she should take a picture of them and put it on the Web, so 
> that we can see what happens if we don't fill out Web forms properly.

This is a bit jumping to conclusions. Other explanations include: the
webform was not suitable for certain countries, where addresses work
differently; a bug in the software that produced the envelopes or
labels; the webform was not userfriendly.
 
> Only 60.000 non-activated memberships left to understand..... > 

What a relief! Though I would like to understand more of these 10,000
as well. Why not have a volunteer classify and count them? Might give
us a real clue.

Thanks again for giving us this information. It suggests that the
practical parts of the At Large elections merits a study as well.

-- 
Marc Schneiders

"In re tam iusta nulla est deliberatio."
(Acta SS. Mart. Scillitanorum [AD 202])