IP: ICANN Start Elections

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Internet Oversight Body Starts Election Process
>
> By JERI CLAUSING
>
> WASHINGTON -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers opens
> its first round of elections for board members this week, kicking off a
> unique and complex process that promises to be as controversial as the
> Internet oversight body's creation.
>
> There are 14 candidates for the first three elected seats, including a
> former congressman, several trademark lawyers and Internet engineers and
> other professionals from around the world.
>
> The finalists will be chosen by a 19-member council representing business
> members of the nonprofit ICANN during votes that begin Monday and could last
> all week. Straw polls began over the weekend.
>
> Whatever the outcome, many expect that like everything related to ICANN, it
> will be followed by a round of complaints and questions about the process.
>
> Full article at:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/cyber/articles/11icann.html