ICANN's Global Elections: On the Internet, For the Internet

A Study of the ICANN At-Large Elections by
Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and Technology

March 2000

Acknowledgements

Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and Technology would like to acknowledge the many people who contributed time, experience, expertise, insights and support to this study.

First and foremost, we thank the Markle Foundation for the generous financial and logistical support provided to this project. In particular, we would like to thank ZoÎ Baird for providing Common Cause and CDT with the opportunity to form this unique interdisciplinary partnership in the public interest. We would also like to recognize Andrew Shapiro and Laura Bailyn of the Markle Foundation for helping us to shape the direction of this project from inception to completion.

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the American Library Association, and the Carter Center also made outstanding contributions to our efforts. Jonathan Zittrain and Diane Cabell of the Berkman Center shared their extensive experience addressing issues of membership and representation as members of the Membership Advisory Committee (MAC). We would like to thank Frederick Weingarten of the American Library Association for sharing his years of experience with technology policy issues, and Charles Costello of the Carter Center for contributing his expertise in international elections and democracy.

We would also like to thank the experts in online voting, democratic process, and international elections who participated in our election workshop at the Kennedy School of Government, and whose expertise and perspective on these difficult issues provided substantive background for our report:

Ron Gould, Steven Hill, Peter Molnar, Joseph Nye, Drazen Pantic, Trevor Potter, Derek Bok, Charles Costello, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Richard Engstrom, Jeff Fischer, Ron Gould, Arend Lijphart, Virginia Postrel, Ed Still, Tracy Westen, Fred Werthheimer, Juliana Pilon.

And finally, we would like to thank the many individuals involved in the ICANN process who generously contributed their time, insights, and honest suggestions, including:

Izumi Aizu, Theresa Amato, Takashi Arano, Karl Auerbach, Mikki Barry, Raimundo Beca, Becky Burr, Marilyn Cade, Diane Cabell, Caroline Chicoine, Roger Cochetti, Tod Cohen, Leslie Daigle, Barbara Dooley, Esther Dyson, Michael Froomkin, Leslie Harris, Don Heath, Hans Petter Holen, Kim Hubbard, David Johnson, Kanchana Kanchuanasut, Myungkoo Kang, Kathryn Kleiman, Hans Klein, Dori Kornfeld, Sue Leader, Andrew McLaughlin, Eric Menge, Steve Metalitz, John Montjoy, Milton Mueller, Andy Oram, YJ Park, David Post, Nii Quaynor, Oscar Robles, Ellen Rony, Peter Schalestock, Joe Sims, Theresa C. Swinehart, Don Telage, Dany Vandrome, Bill Washburn, Jonathan Weinberg, Frederick W. Weingarten, Daniel Weitzner, Cathy Wittbrodt, Jonathan Zittrain.

While our final report represents only the views of Common Cause and CDT, this study would not have been possible without the invaluable input and support of these people.

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