IP: ICANN Voting Suspended, US Shutout Looms

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

> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:42:42 +0000
> From: "ADAM PEAKE (GLOCOM)" <glocom () tmn com>
>
>
>  >From newsbytes
> "ICANN Voting Suspended, US Shutout Looms"
> http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/99/137888.html

ICANN Voting Suspended, US Shutout Looms




                   By David McGuire, Newsbytes
                   WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A.,
                   15 Oct 1999, 12:55 PM CST

                   Due to a voting irregularity, the election of the 
third and final Domain Name
                   Supporting Organization (DNSO) representative to 
the Internet Corporation
                   for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board of 
directors has been
                   postponed till Monday. But although the final vote 
has been delayed, early
                   returns indicate that it is increasingly unlikely 
that a US Representative will be among the first three
                   board members chosen, a source close to the 
election process told Newsbytes today.

                   Indeed, the only US candidate considered to have a 
real shot at the final DNSO post - former
                   Congressman Rick White - would have been dropped 
from contention had today's vote count been
                   affirmed, said the source, who asked to remain anonymous.

                   Congressional observers are holding off on 
commenting about the election until after the final votes
                   are tallied, but the House Commerce Committee, 
which oversees ICANN, is watching the election
                   process with mounting interest. "We are anxious to 
see what decisions are made," a Committee
                   spokesperson said.