[ICANN-EU] European At Large Council

[Vittorio Bertola <vb@vitaminic.net>]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:19:27 CEST, you wrote:

>If we have consensus, we should start thinking on how to proceed.

May I propose a sequence of points that we should solve to proceed?

1) Should it be a closed group, or an open one?
If it will be closed:
	- How big should it be?
	- How do we select its members?
	- Should we make an open call for anyone who wants to be a member,
	  and then close the group?
	- Should there be some limitations (i.e.: not more than 1/4 of the 	
	  members from the same country)?
If it will be open:
	- How do we avoid the group being taken over, flooded, or accused
	  not to be representative?

2) What should its mandate be?
	- Should it advise the Director?
	- Should it promote participation, organize open forums, lists etc.?
	- Should it try to work out a proposal on official At Large councils
	  and further At Large membership enhancements?
	- Should it explicitly state in its mandate that it wants to defend
	  At Large members rights and prerogatives?
	- Should it try to issue press releases and get attention from the
	  media?
	- Should it be temporary and expire when an official At Large
	  council is formed by ICANN?
	- Should it explicitly support one or more candidates in the final
	  ballot?

I've rethought at my original proposal, and after the discussions we had, I
think that we should try to form a closed group (though open for reading to
everyone) with somewhat "representative" people - but we should also try to
get the best possible and most active persons in it. So I'd make an open
call to everyone who wishes to get in, but (in case we get more applicants
than the number of members, which I'd like to be about 20-30) I'd say that
60-70% of the places should go to candidates in this election, sorted by
their number of endorsements, and then those people should opt-in the others
choosing between the applicants. This would allow to bring in persons who
were not candidates or could not get enough support but that are thought to
be influential or important to have a good result, but would nevertheless
ensure that the resulting board is somewhat representative of the At Large
members' wish. The call for members should be adequately made public, i.e.
with a message to all candidates and all At Large members in Europe, if
ICANN allows us to do it.

What do you (everyone) think of this?
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Vittorio Bertola     <vb@vitaminic.net>    Ph. +39 011 23381220
Vitaminic [The Music Evolution] - Vice President for Technology