[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Appointments to theNTIA/IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group

[Evan Leibovitch]

On 4 July 2014 10:21, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:


> 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.
>
> That's why I suggest instead that the ICANN Board be elected by
> registrants (holders) of domain names.
>


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.

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.

- Evan
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