[governance] Reinstate the Vote

[Karl Auerbach]

Kieren McCarthy wrote:
> I'm not sure that what you outline could ever be envisioned as "working
> together".
> 
> What you are saying is: I want you to reinstate a system that broke down and
> has caused seven years of argument.

ICANN's election system did not "break down".

The election system worked.

Those elections worked even though certain ICANN insiders disrupted the 
process.

But ICANN's then "boardsquatters" along with certain insiders wanted to 
escape ICANN's original promise to have elected directors.

ICANN was very, very afraid of the legal rights that are created for 
internet users by such a process - rights that are routine in every 
other public benefit corporation in California were too extreme for ICANN.

The election system system worked - except that the results it produced 
and the questions that were raised along the way made ICANN 
uncomfortable.  ICANN even went so far as to engage in unlawful activity 
in an attempt to prevent the elected directors from performing their duties.

There were, as in any first time adventure, few flaws.  These could have 
been repaired.

But no effort was made to repair them.

Instead those flaws were inflated for the sole purpose of providing an 
excuse to dismantle elections.

The proposition that ICANN's elections in year 2000 "failed" is simply 
and completely untrue.

The system that replaced it - the ALAC + Ombudsman has itself failed far 
more completely than even the most inflated reprise of the year 2000 
election.

		--karl--
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