Re: [ICANN-EU] LA @large meeting preparation

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>]

This exchange between Jefsey and JDD:

>> > IMHO the membership period is a absurd (and we know it is just a way
>> > controlling the @large constituency at low cost): people should be able
>> > to register and unregister when they want.
>>
>>sorry, that's not completely right. in any country the voting lists are
>>closed some time before voting for consistency and control. Anyway there
>>should be a large and well know membership period.
>
>1) This is a pure management issue.
>2) please do not confuse ICANN with a government: it is non profit
>    association.


... reminds me of one point we made in the early days.
AtLarge Membership should not be viewed simply as a set of people to whom to 
ask every (n) months/years "who do you want to integrate the ICANN Board".
I appreciate that the registration facility has been closed before the 
elections, but what is the rationale for keeping it closed now, that 
ballot-stuffing is not meaningful?
Shouldn't ICANN re-open the possibility for new members to join, and foresee 
in the budget the needed funding for mailing the PINs?

BTW, how many PINs can ICANN send with the money of a TLD application? ;>)

Regards
Roberto


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