Re: [ICANN-EU] Disclosure of ICANN At Large Membership information

["JIM FLEMING" <jfleming@anet.com>]

Mike,

According to some ICANN Board members, ALL of the ICANN
records will be made public.

Are you saying this is not the case ?

Since ICANN is working under contract to the U.S. Department of Commerce,
will all of the records be available via an FOIA request ?

Are all of your e-mails to and from the U.S. Government being retained ?


Jim Fleming
http://Register.WEB.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mike Roberts <roberts@icann.org>
To: Hans Klein <hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu>
Cc: <icann-europe@fitug.de>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 1:10 PM
Subject: [ICANN-EU] Disclosure of ICANN At Large Membership information


> At Large Friends -
> 
> ICANN receives many questions about the status of the member 
> registration records contained in the database collected for the 
> purpose of supporting the recent vote for five At Large Directors.
> 
> This information was collected under a strict privacy rule of no 
> commercial use, no spamming, and no disclosure to third parties. 
> This policy was recommended to the Board by its Membership Advisory 
> Committee back in 1999.
> 
> "Privacy concerns should be foremost in the collection, safeguarding 
> and use of a Member's data."
> 
> See   <http://www.icann.org/macberlin.htm> for full text of the report.
> 
> ICANN will not disclose the identity of At Large registrants, nor 
> will we confirm or deny to third parties an individual's status in 
> the At Large membership file - ie., registered, validated, voting - 
> until such time as the Board of Directors adopts a resolution 
> revising current policy.
> 
> The staff recognizes that there are entirely legitimate reasons for 
> creating an active and participative At Large membership, which may 
> include self-identification of membership status to other members and 
> third parties.  Proposals which advance these goals and which 
> carefully balance public information versus personal privacy concerns 
> are welcome and should be discussed with Andrew McLaughlin 
> <mclaughlin@icann.org>.
> 
> - Mike Roberts
> 
>