About the ALSC

The At-Large Membership Study Committee (ALSC) was recently formed to forge a consensus on the best method for representing the world's Internet users as individuals ("At-Large Members") within ICANN. As a non-profit corporation that coordinates technical aspects of the Internet, ICANN is committed to creating the best mechanism possible for the general Internet community to provide input. (See www.icann.org for more information.) ICANN's Board chartered the ALSC to help them achieve this goal.

On ICANN's Board, five of the current At-Large Directors were selected according to a vote of Internet users held last year. The vote was part of a compromise interim solution adopted by ICANN's Board, which included the direct selection of five ICANN directors by a self-selected At-Large constituency, and a comprehensive study of how to appropriately provide for input and influence into ICANN policy deliberations and actions by the general Internet community. (For additional information see www.icann.org/committees/at-large/study-comments.htm and www.icann.org/committees/at-large-study/charter-22jan ).

The Committee plans to submit final recommendations to ICANN's Board in November of this year.