<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 July 2014 10:21, Richard Hill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch" target="_blank">rhill@hill-a.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">I
agree that it might not be feasible to organize a global election of the ICANN
Board ty the citizens of the world, or by the users of the
Internet.</font></span><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">That's
why I suggest instead that the ICANN Board be elected by registrants (holders)
of domain names.</font></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>As indicated above, the interests of registrants and end users can vary -- and be completely opposed -- on some very substantial issues, not the least of which is the balance between registrant accountability and privacy (a core components of most DNS-related controversy right now including the EWG). I would suggest that the significant domainer subset of the registrant community has interests quite opposed to those of end users.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>So no, Richard, that is not an acceptable alternative. Registrants have an utterly legitimate voice in a multi-stakeholder system but theirs will never serve as a substitute for end-user interests.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Evan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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