Re: [ICANN-EU] RFD #1: Forum bylaws

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 00:26 26/09/00 +0200, Iliya Nickelt-Czycykowski wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>	here's something that I scribbled today on my ride home from work.
>Long trips do have advantages after all. Alexander, I hope I don't spoil
>some work that you did already, but to write this down has been in my mind
>for several days now.
>
>It's small, simple and open, I hope you like it!
>

Yes, I like it. But for the website content you will need an elected
committee to supervise the content. Otherwise you will invite accusations
of "dictatorial control" by whoever becomes the webmaster.

BTW, when the time comes to elect people, you may consider using a tool
like the Polling Booth.


 



>	--iliya
>
>
>               =========================
>               REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION #1
>               =========================
>
>
>
>         BYLAWS OF THE EUROPEAN AT LARGE MEMBER FORUM
>         --------------------------------------------
>
>
>I. General
>The European At Large Member Forum is a community of Europeans who take an
>active interest in ICANN and its At Large Membership. It binds itself to
>be completly open and transparent.
>
>II. Objective
>It is the goal of this forum to discuss ICANN related topics and define
>positions that can express the view of the majority of the European At
>Large Members. Forum members are invited to communicate these positions
>with ICANN's At Large directors or to promote them using other options
>that ICANN offers.
>
>III. Structure
>To become a forum member it is only necessary to subscribe to its central
>mailing list as defined in V. All topics have to be adressed on this list.
>Members of the forum do not have to be ICANN At Large members, but it is
>suggested that they become so. A website serves as an archive of the
>discussions and documents agreed upon to ensure transparency of
>communcation processes. Unsubscribing to the mailing list is the
>equivalent of cancelling forum membership.
>
>IV. Limits
>To form a group that is managable in size the European forum limits itself
>to European members as defined in V. Other regions are encouraged to
>follow this example. Promotion of regional interest is no primary goal of
>the forum. All its positions should be acceptable for ICANN At Large
>members worldwide regardless of regional background.
>
>V. Definitions
>The central mailing list of the European forum is icann-europe@fitug.de.
>Its website is http://[call for proposals]. Regions are At Large election
>regions as defined in the bylaws of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
>Names and Numbers.
>
>[END OF PROPOSAL]
>
>
>-- 
>             |            Iliya Nickelt             |
>             | Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam |
>             |    Telegrafenberg,  14473 Potsdam    |
>             |   Tel. +49 331-288 2308 (Fax 2310)   |
> 
--Joop Teernstra LL.M.--  
the Cyberspace Association and 
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.idno.org