+1 although one could lightly argue that the other non-board elections also have cost attached due to physical presence requirements On a lighter note, I would not say 90% of ICANN is names (ref: paraphrased Milton). While the PDP for numbers is largely "but" relatively ICANN independent they sure do have a >10% part in ICANN as it's relates PDP and funding. Nevertheless, this does not justify the report and neither should it belittle the role of RIR+ccTLDs. For me as I read the discussions, the first thought that comes to mind is; what was wrong with the current formation... is it broken in anyway because I am yet to see that. Cheers! sent from Google nexus 4 kindly excuse brevity and typos. On 25 Aug 2014 23:07, "McTim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just a nit Milton, > > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> Tell me how it is “equal footing” for RIRs to be able to choose board >> members for domain holders but domain holders have no vote in RIR elections >> unless they PAY (OMG, money!?!?!?) to get number allocations and become a >> voting member. >> > > > Some RIR elections are open to anyone, not just those who are members of > that RIR. > > It is usually only RIR Board elections where the electorate is limited to > Members. > > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route > indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >