On 22/11/11 17:34, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
End users do not buy domains. Their level of participation is at a different level and they are not part of the ICANN food chain.
I do disagree with this classification. You are welcome to disagree, but the role of At-Large is now fairly well defined in the ICANN bylaws and that is what we work with. There are many other constituencies within ICANN who are charged with speaking for registrants. At-Large is the only body within ICANN that speaks for end-users who are adversely impacted by opaque and unaccountable domain ownership information.
At USD 15 a year, anyone can buy domain names, even individuals. You can even get email hosting and a blog included at that price. Hence, there are no reason why the At-Large should not care about these individual Internet users. If there was a ICANN constituency or AC representing the interests of individual domain names registrants, I would be most interested to know which one. Patrick