Dominik Filipp wrote:
Patrick,
I apologize for a bit manipulative wording
Dominik, No offense. I will not reply point by point, but just notice we actually agree on a lot of things. As for the user representation in ICANN, I am of course not satisfied with the current situation. However, "civil society" type of arguments are not going to convince the other parties involved. We need another approach. I think it would be much more convincing to point out that domain name registrants, many of whom are natural persons or small businesses, are not properly represented, yet contribute to a large part of the ICANN budget through registrar and gTLD registry fees. This amounts to USD 40 million per year. At the very least, we should expect that representation on the board is proportional to the contribution to the budget, but this has been confiscated by the intermediaries: registries and registrars. I note that NomCom appointed members to the board are selected on their personal capacity, not as representatives of the "paying majority". Patrick