Re: [ICANN-EU] Im am sorry, this list is too noisy.

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Andreas Fügner wrote:
> 
> Dear Alf:
> 
> What kind of structure do you have in mind?
> 
> AF

Andreas,

A possibility for registered members to

- present their ideas
- debate
- draw conclusions (and present them as advises to the Board)

on issues related to ICANN.

The flow of information on a distribution list will scare people because
it is too much info to handle. 

An example from the top of my head:

What about using an ICANN Q/A Forum-like mechanism for each issue: Say,
"New gTLD Forum" where all members can present views, and some kind of
At Large chairperson could be responsible for a summary and conclusion
to be presented as "the At Large view" to the Board. Each "Forum" should
have a spesific set of topics to cover within a certain timeframe, for
example a list of concrete questions regardig new gTLDs to be answered
by the At Large membership before December 1st 2000.

Another example could be "10 most important At Large issues-Forum",
where the result should be a priority list for the ten most important
issues for the At Large membership, before January 1st 2001. Voting
among a list of 100 issues, could be a mechanism to determine such a
list.

I am not saying that this is easy, but it is possible, and the structure
will be a productive way to move forward step by step under control of
the Internet users, without endless discussions with few conclusions.
ICANN must also stand behind this because it requires some central
infrastructure with access to membership lists.

Best regards,
-- 
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