[atlarge-discuss] Re: Revised statement on ICANN reform **approval/signatures needed ASAP**

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

All,

Another ALOC update.
Here's the latest from Denise Michel of the ALOC, on the
draft she wishes to preent in Bucharest:

Denise Michel wrote:

> Thank you for your comments on the draft statement.  I
> have attempted to incorporate the spirit, if not the
> exact words, of your input.  Please let me know if you
> would like this statement signed by those members of the
> ALOC who choose to add their names to the text, or if
> you would like this signed simply as "the At-Large
> Organizing Committee."   I would like to transmit this
> to ICANN tomorrow morning, so I would greatly appreciate
> a response from each of you by 09:00 am Pacific Time
> tomorrow (19 June).  I will understand if this process
> has not afforded you enough time to add your signature
> or endorsement to this text, but please let me know if
> this is the case. Thank you.Denise**DRAFT Statement for
> the Evolution & Reform Committee 2.0**<?xml:namespace
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>
> As ICANN’s Evolution and Reform Committee and Board of
> Directors considers changing the Corporation’s policy
> and decision making structures and processes, as well as
> other operational elements, we ask that you take into
> account the progress and promise of our At-Large
> organizing efforts.
>
> We are members of the newly formed “At-Large Organizing
> Committee,” and we represent “At-Large Structures” that
> have been formed, or designated, throughout the world to
> provide meaningful, informed participation by Internet
> users in ICANN.
>
> At this writing, there are 13 “At-Large Structures”
> representing over 500,000 individuals in more than 70
> countries:
>
> (Worldwide)
> ·Icannatlarge.com (www.icannatlarge.com)
> (Africa)
> ·Internet Society Madagascar (www.isoc.mg/cop/isoc)
> (Asia-Pacific)
> ·Cyber Law Solutions Ltd (www.naavi.com)
> (Europe)
> ·Internet Society Bulgaria (www.isoc.bg)
> ·Confederation of European Computer User
> Associations(CECUA)(www.cecua.org)
> ·Sistemas T&igr;cnicos de Ense&rgr;anza
> Consultores(STEC)(www.stec.info)
> ·ISOC Finland (www.siy.fi)
> ·ISOC Italy (www.isoc.it)
> (Latin America/Caribbean)
> ·Internet Society Argentina Chapter (www.isoc.org.ar)
> ·LatinoamerICANN (www.latinoamericann.derecho.org.ar)
> (North America)
> ·Institute for the Study of Information Technology and
> Society (InSITeS) (www.cmu.edu/insites)
> ·Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (Civil
> Society Democracy Proj.) (www.CPSR.org)
> ·California Democratic Party, Computer & Internet Caucus
> (www.ca-dem-net.org)
> The At-Large Organizing Committee, an informal group
> that was created to guide and encourage At-Large
> organizing, is comprised of representatives of these
> At-Large Structures, as well as one member each from the
> former At-Large Study Committee and the former NGO and
> Academic ICANN Study (NAIS) group.
>
> The At-Large Organizing Committee currently includes the
> following members:
>
>    * Esther Dyson, edyson@edventure.com (ALSC - ICANN
>      At-Large Study Committee, www.atlargestudy.org)
>    * Christian Ahlert,
>      Christian.Ahlert@sowi.uni-giessen.de (NAIS - NGO
>      and Academic ICANN Study; www.naisproject.org)
>    * Izumi Aizu, izumi@anr.org (NAIS - NGO and Academic
>      ICANN Study; www.naisproject.org)
>    * Satyajit Gupta, icheckemail@indiatimes.com
>      (Icannatlarge.com, www.icannatlarge.com)
>    * Sotiris Sotiropoulos, sotiris@hermesnetwork.com
>      (Icannatlarge.com, www.icannatlarge.com)
>    * Andriamparany Marius, marius@refer.mg (Internet
>      Society Madagascar, www.isoc.mg/cop/isoc)
>    * Ramboasalama Haja, ramboa@ird.mg (Internet Society
>      Madagascar, www.isoc.mg/cop/isoc)
>    * Na.Vijayashankar, naavi@vsnl.com (Cyber Law
>      Solutions Ltd, www.naavi.com)
>    * Dimitar Kirov, icannatlarge@isoc.bg (Internet
>      Society Bulgaria, www.isoc.bg)
>    * Veni Markovski, icannatlarge@isoc.bg (Internet
>      Society Bulgaria, www.isoc.bg and Global Internet
>      Policy Initiative - GIPI - Bulgaria)
>    * Alain Moscowitz, alain.moscowitz@cecua.org (CECUA -
>      Confederation of European Computer User
>      Associations, www.cecua.org)
>    * Tom Jacobsen, JacobsenTom@acm.org (CECUA -
>      Confederation of European Computer User
>      Associations, www.cecua.org)
>    * N&idigr;ria de la Fuente Teixid&sgr;, ateneas@retemail.es
>      (STEC - Sistemas T&igr;cnicos de Ense&rgr;anza Consultores,
>      www.stec.info)
>    * Gonzalo Auza, gonzalo@juandegaray.org.ar (Internet
>      Society Argentina Chapter, www.isoc.org.ar)
>    * Edmundo Valenti, emv@southtech.com.ar (Internet
>      Society Argentina Chapter, www.isoc.org.ar)
>    * Gabriel Pi&rgr;eiro, legales@derecho.org.ar
>      (LatinoamerICANN,
>      www.latinoamericann.derecho.org.ar)
>    * Erick Iriarte Ahon, faia@amauta.rcp.net.pe
>      (LatinoamerICANN,
>      www.latinoamericann.derecho.org.ar)
>    * Peter M. Shane, pshane@andrew.cmu.edu (InSITeS -
>      Institute for the Study of Information Technology
>      and Society, www.cmu.edu/insites)
>    * Prof. Ramayya Krishnan, rk2x@andrew.cmu.edu
>      (InSITeS - Institute for the Study of Information
>      Technology and Society, www.cmu.edu/insites)
>    * Hans Klein, hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
>      (Computer Professionals for Social
>      Responsibility/Civil Society Democracy Project,
>      www.CPSR.org/www.CivSoc.org)
>    * Andy Oram, andyo@oreilly.com (Computer
>      Professionals for Social Responsibility/Civil
>      Society Democracy Project,
>      www.CPSR.org/www.CivSoc.org)
>    * Rick Hauptman, RBHauptman@aol.com (California
>      Democratic Party, Computer & Internet Caucus,
>      www.ca-dem-net.org)
>    * Tommi Karttaavi, tommi.karttaavi@iki.fi (ISOC
>      Finland, www.siy.fi)
>    * Vittorio Bertola, vb@vitaminic.net (ISOC Italy,
>      www.isoc.it)
>
> Our efforts are a response to the Board's decision that
> "ICANN should have a robust At Large mechanism for
> meaningful, informed participation by Internet users of
> the kind recommended in the [At-Large Study Committee]
> ALSC report."We have answered the Board’s call to the
> ICANN community to “devote sustained energy to the
> creation of At Large structures built upon bottom-up,
> self-organized, local Internet community institutions
> and other organizations that meet the general criteria
> of openness, participation, and self-sustainability…”
>
> With no funding currently available in ICANN's budget,
> the Board authorized the acceptance of initial
> contributions to fund staff support for the creation and
> nurturing of At-Large structures. Thus far, a total of
> US$17,000 in donations has been received from Esther
> Dyson, Salesforce.com, Timothy Andrews, and Verisign,
> and we are seeking additional private sector support.
>
> Our goal is to represent individual Internet users in
> ICANN’s development of policies and practices for the
> management of the domain name system, thus helping to
> ensure that ICANN operates as a private entity for the
> benefit of all members of the Internet community.ICANN
> was created to be representative not only of an
> *industry* that benefits from self-regulation, but also
> of the Internet’s users.To be successful, ICANN needs to
> be accountable to those who are affected by its actions
> – including individual Internet users.
>
> Our organizations and our individual members are
> concerned about, and involved in, a variety of Internet
> issues and, as Members of the At-Large Organizing
> Committee, we are currently discussing which ICANN
> issues we will work together to address.  Suggested
> issues on which we could provide collective or distinct
> individual Internet users perspectives include:
>
>    * Internationalized domain names;
>    * Practices and policies for registering and
>      transferring generic top level domain names
>      (gTLD's);
>    * Requirements concerning provision, access to, and
>      use of "who is" data;
>    * Domain-name intellectual property issues;
>    * Introduction of new top level domains (TLDs,);
>    * Implementation of IPv6;
>    * Fair allocation of address space; and
>    * Participation and representation of At-Large in
>      ICANN’s policy and decision-making.
>
> Although we are not yet in a position to offer detailed,
> substantive input (having just formed last month), we
> would like to share some general observations that may
> assist ICANN in its restructuring.
>
> Since the Board agreed in Accra to support a
> self-organized At-Large, and since our organizing
> efforts are proceeding well and we consider them to be
> successful, we believe the Board should plan to
> institutionalize a new At-Large (at the appropriate time
> and with the appropriate mechanisms), with dedicated
> At-Large seats on the Board and in the Nominating
> Committee, to ensure that "individual user" perspectives
> are represented in ICANN’s policy and decision-making.
>
> We recommend that the Board consider the establishment
> of an At-Large Supporting Organization (with an At-Large
> Steering Committee) comprised of our organizations and
> future self-forming, self-supporting At-Large Structures
> to help ensure individual Internet user needs are
> reflected in ICANN activities and decisions.At-Large
> Structures should be groups that meet specific criteria
> (e.g. see www.at-large.org>www.at-large.org for criteria
> currently in use).
>
> To facilitate coordination and effective policy-making,
> we suggest the Board consider instituting the following
> requirements: proposed policies and issues should be
> jointly referred to an At-Large Steering Committee for
> review and input (under Board guidelines/time limits);
> the At-Large Steering Committee should designate
> liaisons to other policy-making and advisory bodies; and
> ICANN staff should be designated to support the At-Large
> Steering Committee’s work.
>
>
> We also recommend the Board consider allowing the
> At-Large Supporting Organization to select their
> Steering Committee and Board members under
> Board-approved guidelines/criteria. Furthermore, to help
> ensure greater transparency, participation, and
> accountability for ICANN's decision-making, we recommend
> that ICANN establish specific time periods and
> mechanisms for public participation in policy
> development, and establish venues for the participation
> and representation of individual Internet users.Although
> there has been extensive discussion regarding greater
> involvement of governments in ICANN, we believe that
> greater involvement of governments and the establishment
> of meaningful ways for the Internet's users to
> participate in ICANN *are not* mutually exclusive ways
> to enhance the Corporation’s credibility and stability.
>
> Thank you for your consideration of our input.We look
> forward to working with you as our At-Large efforts
> continue to progress.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> (names and email addresses)
>


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