Original credit: Walter Schmidt
Edits: Stephen Waters
Referendum idea: Jeffrey A. Williams
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> VISION
>
> To MAINTAIN and advance the interests of all Internet participants
> through an open, democratic process of innovation, communication, and
> cooperation that secures the rights of individuals against the forces of
> tyranny.
>
> MISSION STATEMENT
>
> The Mission Statement of ORGANIZATION ("IAL"), an independent non-profit
> organization that draws its membership from individual Internet users at
> large ("USERS").
>
> - To ESTABLISH a voice for all USERS, fostering and maintaining a high
> standard of integrity, honesty, and consensus in every Internet
> oversight organization ("IOO"), including those overseeing Internet
> domain names, numbers, protocols, and others.
>
> - To PROMOTE the appropriate functioning of the Internet, and cultivate,
> and disseminate knowledge and information concerning the duties and
> responsibilities of IAL members, IOOs, and USERS.
- To PROMOTE the appropriate functioning of the Internet, by cultivating
and disseminating knowledge and information concerning the duties and
responsibilities of IAL members, IOOs, and USERS.
(Ed: grammar)
> - To FURNISH information as an open organization, regarding the IOOs,
> their members, and the IAL, to all IAL members and any interested
> parties.
>
> - To ENCOURAGE, advance, and sustain open communications among and
> between IAL members, USERS, and the IOOs.
>
> - To PROVIDE a mechanism and means for all USERS to have their voices
> heard in the IOOs, through supporting the election of IOO Board Members
> by USERS and providing ongoing consultation to IOOs on Internet issues.
- To PROVIDE a mechanism and means for all USERS to have their voices
heard in the IOOs, through supporting the election of IOO Board Members
by USERS, advocating IOO reform through ballot initiative and referendum
by USERS, and providing ongoing consultation to IOOs on Internet issues.
(Ed: integrating Jeffrey A. Williams' idea)
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