[Random-bits] DNSO election for ICANN board seat

[James Love]

I should have posted this earlier.  

During the week of the 17th, ICANN's DNSO election for an ICANN board
seat was held.  Jonathan Cohen, the trademark lawyer who is the
incumbent, won.  This was not a surprise to most ICANN/DNSO observers. I
asked the DNSO secretariat to provide me with a detailed vote from the
19 names council members (one of whom apparently did not vote), and was
told I would have to wait until October 1 for such a tally,  But based
upon what I understand to be the case, each of the seven DNSO
constituencies voted as a block, I believe as follows: the ccTLD
constituency voted for Peter de Blanc (Peter is part of that
constituency, and started the .vi ccTLD).  Apparently all three votes
from the Non-Commercial constituency voted for me.  The other five
constituencies, intellectual property, business, ISP, registrar and gTLD
registry, all voted for Jonathan Cohen.  

Jonathan Cohen is the strongest voice for big corporate trademark
interests on the ICANN board, and the DNSO election results were a
pretty good indication of the DNSO power structure.  The results below
also provide the number formal endorsements each candidate received
during the election process.  

  Jamie


                     Cohen   de Blanc   Weikers   Love

Endorsements         31       45         53        127

Names Council Votes (10 needed to win)

  Intellectual
  Property           3        0          0         0        

  Business           3        0          0         0

  Internet 
  Service 
  Provider           2        0          0         0

  Registrar          3        0          0         0

  Registry           1        0          0         0
    (gTLD)           

  2 digit
  country
  registry
  (ccTLD)            0        3          0         0

  Non-Commercial     0        0          0         3


  Totals:           12        3          0         3


*Incumbent
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