http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14488.html
A subtle procedural change means ICANN's newly elected At Large board
representatives will be mere observers at this year's Annual General Meeting
in Los Angeles next week.
In a break with previous AGMs, the secretive Internet quango (shouldn't that
be consensus-driven Californian non-profit organisation? - ed.) will only
allow the elected reps to take their seats at the end of the meeting,
effectively barring them from voting on ICANN business this year.
"The bylaws have been altered such that the At Large elected board members
take their seats at the end of the conclusion of the annual meeting," Karl
Auerbach, newly elected At Large representative for North America tells
us. "Last year the bylaws were such that the members of the supporting
organisations when they were elected were seated at the beginning of the
annual meeting, so they voted on things like the NSI contract," he says.
A friend who attended a particularly sadistic all-girl Convent school in the
chilly north east of England tells us that newcomers to the class had to
stand with the classroom windows open, until they'd correctly answered five
questions set by the teacher. Only then could they close the window nearest
them, and take their seats. We're not sure if ICANN will adopt this procedure
for Auerbach and co in Los Angeles - but we wouldn't be surprised...
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