The existing structures of ICANN have not provided, and do not provide, for a public voice. And ICANN's attempt at constructing a membership-although reasonably successful for purposes of the election-also did not provide an ongoing means to satisfy this goal.
The compelling need for meaningful and sustainable public participation in ICANN remains unmet. And structure is a necessary (though perhaps not sufficient) condition to achieve both meaning and sustainability.
Thus, the approach ICANN must take now is one that is diametrically opposite from its initial, aborted construction of an At-Large Membership in 2000. Rather than creating simply an electorate, it must create a real membership. It must provide structure and support for that membership. And it must allow that membership full rights of participation and self organization that include, but encompass much more than, just the right to vote for at large directors.
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