Fw: [atlarge-discuss] ALOC Draft 3.0

["Denise Michel ALSC" <dmichel@atlargestudy.org>]

I must correct your inaccuracies, Hans.

I am, along with the other members of the ERC "assistance group,"
responsible for crafting a substantive draft ALAC proposal.

"Version 3.0" is *not* "a team product of the ALOC" and does *not*
"represent the consensus of the ALOC."

  -  I wrote the outline as a starting point for discussion;
  -  an overwhelming majority of ALOC members have not commented on the
text, let alone "approved" it;
  -  I expressed my disapproval to your additions;
  -  the text simply represents a starting point for discussions to which a
majority of assistance group members have not yet had a chance to contribute
on ALAC issues.

The assistance group is not "replacing the ALOC as the voice of the user" as
you melodramatically suggested.  It's a temporary group that will draft a
proposal for an ALAC for ERC/public consideration.

Denise

Denise Michel
coordinator@at-large.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Klein" <hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu>
To: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] ALOC Draft 3.0



Denise works with us to facilitate our processes.  Substantive work is the
responsibility of the ALOC members.

Version 3.0 is a team product of the ALOC and enjoys the support of
numerous ALOC members.  Indeed, I don't recall any expressions of
disapproval. I believe it represents the consensus of the ALOC.

If I interpret Denise's comments correctly, the newly created "ERC
assistance group" (from which Sotiris Sotiropoulos and I were excluded)
will soon replace the ALOC as the "voice of the user."  Sigh!

Hans



At 09:34 AM 7/25/2002 -0700, Denise Michel ALSC wrote:
>This is *not* the "latest version" or "Version 3.0" or a "Proposed Final
>Draft" of the "At-Large Organizing Committee (ALOC)
>Submission to the..ERC..On the Design of An At Large Advisory Committee
>(ALAC)."  Hans Klein added these titles, along with a "Preamble" and "Part
>I" to an *outline of approaches/issues* that needed to be considered by
>the ERC's "assistance group" in order to draft implementation details for
>an ALAC.  Any ideas this list's participants have on how to structure an
>ALAC, of course, are welcome.  However, the point of this limited ERC
>assistance group is to quickly provide *detailed recommendations* on an
>ALAC for public (your) consideration.
>
>Hans may wish to slap some rhetoric on an outline and call it a potential
>implementation plan, but that does not make it so. When the assistance
>group issues its submission to the ERC, it will be a detailed proposal for
>establishing an ALAC on which anyone interested can comment, change, build
>upon.  It will not be, nor is it intended to be, a reflection of the views
>of all ALOC member organizations or even all of the ALOC members
themselves.
>
>Denise
>
>Denise Michel
>coordinator@at-large.org
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sotiris Sotiropoulos" <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>
>Cc: "discuss" <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
>Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:37 AM
>Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] ALOC Draft 3.0
>
>
>Hans Klein wrote:
>
> > Sotiris,
> >
> > The draft that you posted is out of date, I believe.  There have been
three
> > revisions since then (2.0, 2.1, 3.0).
> >
> > The biggest change was to add a "Part I" that restates the ALAC's
support
> > for election of At Large directors.
>
>Hans,
>
>Thanks for the heads up!  Apologies to all.  Below is the latest version.
>Comments are welcome and will be submitted.
>
>------
>VERSION 3.0 (Proposed Final Draft)
>
>At-Large Organizing Committee (ALOC)
>Submission to the ICANN Evolution & Reform Committee On the Design of An At
>Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
>
>25 July 2002
>
>
>
>PREAMBLE
>
>The At Large Organizing Committee (ALOC) was set up by ICANN to guide and
>encourage bottom-up efforts to organize At-Large mechanisms for meaningful,
>informed participation in ICANN.  The membership list of the ALOC can be
seen
>at: http://www.at-large.org/at-large-members.htm
>
>This interim report offers recommendations on the organization of an At
Large
>Advisory Committee (ALAC).
>
>The ALOC finds itself faced with an inherent contradiction, and therefore
the
>ALOC comments are organized in two parts.  On the one hand, the ALOC offers
>comments on how to implement certain features of the Evolution and Reform
>Committee's Blueprint for ICANN reform.   However, the ALOC does not
support
>all portions of that Blueprint, especially the elimination of the elected
At
>Large directors.  There is widespread support in the ICANN community for
>elected At Large Directors.  Pending final resolution of the election
issue,
>however, the ALOC offers advice on what the Evolution and Reform Committee
>should do and how it should operate
>within ICANN now.
>
>With ICANN's authority over the DNS up for review and renewal in September
>2002, we hope that a way can be found to preserve the representation of
users.
>User representation will ensure a foundation of legitimacy for ICANN to
enable
>it to survive and prosper as an institution.
>
>We urge the ERC and ICANN to proceed on these issues along a timetable that
>permits sufficient time for the At-Large Structures within ALOC to engage
in
>genuine deliberation with their constituencies on these important issues.
>
>
>
>PART I
>SUPPORT FOR THE TERMS OF INTERNET PRIVATIZATION
>
>The At Large Organizing Committee (ALOC) supports the original terms of
>Internet privatization, most notably the principle of balanced
representation
>of users and industry experts on the ICANN board.  The ALOC also supports
the
>implementation mechanisms developed for At Large users, most notably the
>direct
>elections of directors.
>
>This support has been articulated in numerous documents, including:
>? Esther Dyson's letter of 6 November 1998 to the US Dept. of Commerce on
>behalf of the ICANN board.  That letter noted that the ICANN Board has an
>unconditional mandate to create a membership structure that will elect nine
At
>Large Directors.   (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/ICANN111098.htm)
>? The NGO and Academic ICANN Study, which concluded that ICANN should
retain
>balanced representation of users and industry experts on its board and
should
>continue to employ global elections. (http://www.naisproject.org/)
>? ICANN's At Large Study Commission, which found that ICANN's policies
affect
>users and that users should be elected to the ICANN board.
>(http://www.atlargestudy.org/)
>
>The ALOC therefore prefers that ICANN not implement the recommendations in
the
>ERC Blueprint and instead work to implement the conditions of
privatization.
>Only an ICANN whose legitimacy is beyond dispute can work in the long run.
>
>
>
>
>PART II
>WORKING WITHIN THE ERC BLUEPRINT
>
>Whether the ERC blueprint will be the basis for a new ICANN will not be
known
>before the end of this year.  Despite the reservations about that
>Blueprint, we
>offer here some suggestions about how its terms might be implemented.
>
>1. Background
>a. Need for At-Large: ICANN needs a mechanism for individual users'
>participation in ICANN.  This provides a formalized role in the policy
>development process for users that ensures that user views are seriously
taken
>into account.
>2. Role and Responsibilities
>a. ALAC is a standing advisory committee of the Board
>b. Provides advice and guidance to the Board and to other organizations
within
>ICANN on the needs of, and the impact of proposed policies on, the
Internet's
>individual users ­ addressing pending issues and introducing new issues
>relevant to Internet issues and within ICANN's purview.
>c. Serves both as a resource for ICANN to pursue specific issues/questions
and
>solicit user information, and as a meeting point for individual Internet
users
>and their organizations.
>d. All ICANN policy-making entities will provide ALAC with appropriate
notice
>of upcoming and pending policy discussions and impending policy decisions
to
>ensure adequate opportunity for At-Large input
>e. Through At-Large Structures, ALAC will engage in outreach to, and
education
>of, individual Internet users about ICANN/ICANN issues and will involve
users
>and their representatives in decision making, aggregation of
>views, and identification of relevant Internet user priorities
>f. ALAC will work with other ICANN stakeholders to address issues and
develop
>positions on relevant issues
>g. ALAC will use on-line mechanisms as focal points for discussions and
>information dissemination, ensuring broad public access to ALAC activities
>h.
>3. Structure/Membership
>a. Should be structured so as to:
>i. Provide effective, broadly inclusive mechanism for involving and
>representing individual Internet users in ICANN's policy and
decision-making
>activities
>ii. Demonstrate that the organizations of which the ALAC is composed
actually
>do represent the populations they claim to represent.
>iii. Have membership that is geographically diverse, and is selected
through a
>process which includes each At-Large Structure (group) that meets specified
>criteria.
>4. Involvement w/ Board, other entities
>a. ALAC should have a liaison seat on the ICANN Board
>b. It should have liaisons to other ICANN policy-making bodies as
appropriate
>[To be defined.]
>c. Appointment of four delegates to the Nominating Committee
>5. "At-Large Structures" Criteria ­ new or existing organizations that:
>a. Are open, participatory, and self-sustaining
>b. Engage in outreach to, and education of, individual Internet users about
>ICANN and ICANN issues
>c. Involve individual Internet users in policy and decision-making and
>activities related to involvement in ICANN, including soliciting opinions
of
>their members and having participatory mechanisms for the discussion and/or
>development of policies, aggregating views, and identifying relevant
Internet
>user priorities concerning ICANN
>d. Maintain transparent and publicly accessible processes for input, policy
>development, and decision-making
>e. Post current information about the organization's aims, structure,
>membership, working mechanisms and current leadership
>f. Are open for new individual members
>g. Are able to maintain themselves without requiring funding from ICANN
>h. Are able to guarantee and demonstrate the real identity of their
>members and
>to provide the relevant anagraphical data in electronic form.
>6. At-Large Structure Designation/Development
>a. ICANN should post and distribute a call for At-Large Structures,
providing
>organizations with an appropriate period of time apply to be eligible to
>participate in the initial ALAC.
>b. Organizations fulfilling the criteria can apply to become At-Large
>Structures at any time and participate in the ALAC as appropriate
(immediately
>or during next selection cycle depending on process).
>c. It will be the ALAC's responsibility:
>i. to alter or update the admission criteria for new Structures;
>ii. to exclude from itself any Structure which, after appropriate
>verification,
>fails to meet the current criteria;
>iii. to state whether any prospective Structure meets the criteria and
>thus can
>be accepted in the process. Deliberations of type i) and ii) require a
>majority
>vote of 2/3 of the ALAC.
>d. At Large Structures will not be required to fund ICANN or the costs of
the
>ALAC, even if partially.
>
>7. ALAC Composition (options)
>a. (Variable membership) One member from each At-Large Structure
>b. (Fixed membership) Fixed number from each region (ICANN has
traditionally
>addressed geographic diversity based on five regions of the world) (the
>"Alexander plan")
>c. Fixed membership, half appointed and half elected.
>8. ALAC Funding and Staffing ALAC (options)
>a. The ALAC could be funded either by its members, by ICANN, or by some
>combination of the two.
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