AT LARGE MEMBER? DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH

http://members.icann.org/faq.htm#whatis, What is ICANN’s At Large Membership?

The At Large Members will help select Directors to the ICANN Board. The At Large election process will give individual members of Internet communities worldwide a voice in the selection of policymakers to oversee the critical Internet resources entrusted to ICANN's technical coordination process. The selected At Large Directors will help the ICANN Board be representative of (and accountable to) the vast diversity of the worldwide Internet.

http://members.icann.org/faq.htm#whatis, What are the privileges and responsibilities of At Large Members?

Because of the unprecedented nature of the At Large Membership, which allows worldwide participation in deciding how a global resource should be managed, there will be specially tailored provisions defining the privileges and responsibilities of members. These include participation in the selection of At Large Directors.

... requires a pin number for access to the Member Area of the site. (Per ICANN, "After you submit your application, you will receive an email from ICANN confirming that your application has been received. Once your application has been approved, ICANN will (1) send you a password via email, and (2) mail your PIN number to your physical address.")

"Anyone got their pin yet?" emails have been strewn across various domain name forums; one applicant finally posted a reply he received after writing the organization: "Thank you for applying for At Large Membership and welcome. We will do our best to get the Pin Numbers to you as soon as we can. Pin numbers have not been sent yet and may take up to 8 weeks to arrive. Please be patient. Thanks again. Signed, At Large Membership."

ICB Toll Free News is very small, and as low-tech as it gets. But when you register for ICB, you are automatically assigned account number, username and password, in realtime.

ICANN is self-professedly "involved in the overall technical management of the Internet." But it can't get you a pin number to activate your benefits-challenged "membership," for eight weeks. Eight weeks! (A year or more, perhaps, in cyber time ...)

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