From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 9:59 AM

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Keep in mind that all of those actions, including turning up an interim facility, were voted on by the membership. It's not like a MAE, where the operator can take action without the consent of the members.

oh goodie! it's a social club like the linx. do the current members get to vote on who can be new members too? are there fun fun fun membership meetings with cookies?

some of we more stupid and lazy operators like exchanges which are run like a business. having primary attention on the bottom line often makes life simpler.

That also applies to root registries, like ICANN.