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As my blog explains, I would prefer that once a Nominating Committee creates a slate of candidates, the registered members of the At-Large structures would be allowed to vote.  I have come to realize that real suffrage for the At-Large is probably still improbable due to the Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) that is constantly spread about the time in the past, before there was an At-Large, when they tried elections and there seemed to some gaming of one of the votes.  Of course this is ICANN and everyone tries games the process and we need to constantly tweak our processes to minimize that tendency. In this case, the game played was to deny Users a vote for ever more.  I worry more about capture, and I beleive that ALAC has captured this process to the detriment of the At-Large User.  For me this is an issue about the accountability of ALAC to the ALS members.

In any case, since getting real suffrage for the At-Large seems improbable at this time, I want to suggest that at least each of the ALS representatives be given a vote.  I understand there are practical issues that might need to be dealt with in setting this up, but I see no reason why a solution that includes ALS suffrage could not be put in place before the next (s)election for Seat 15.

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