On 17 November 2011 09:40, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


> The idea was that to be a stakeholder in the management of DNS you have to
> be a domain registrant. The idea was that ICANN's DNSO/GNSO was not a
> generalized representation of Internet users but a representation of domain
> name holders. General internet users were supposed to be represented via
> the At Large.
>


Agreed. I have made the leadership of the African region of At-Large aware
of the rejection, and I hope they will encourage James to submit an
application for Kasweaha to become an At-Large Structure.



> Why should people who do not even have domains be establishing policy
> preferences for people who do?



That's a very interesting question, well beyond answering in this thread.



- Evan