Re: [ALSC-Forum] Draft Resolution on AL?

[Joanna Lane]

Comments:

1. I refute that the ALSC's recommendation to reduce the 9 At Large
Directors to 6 is based on community consensus, not least because neither
any supporting documentation from the ICANN community, nor substantive
arguments have been provided by the ALSC as a basis for their
recommendation. 

2. I refute that the ALSC's recommendation to give one person, namely the
CEO, the power to decide who will be allowed and who will not be allowed to
submit proposals to the Board in relation to the creation of local and
regional entities is based on community consensus, not least because I am an
active participant, and this is the first I have heard of the idea.

3. I refute that the ALSC's recommendation to restrict membership to Domain
Name Holders is appropriate since the events of September 11th and
subsequent bioterrist attacks throughout the world. Registrant details
cannot be disclosed in some regions for reasons of local laws and many
Registrants take advantage of mail boxes that may be unrelated to their
residency, hence it does nothing to assist prectical voter registration. Of
more importance, many entities no longer accept regular mail and will only
accept electronic mail as a result of the Anthrax threat. As a result,
communication by email has taken on a much greater priority to the user
since September 11th, and this group is being deliberately excluded from
participation by recommendations made prior to September 11th.

I urge the ALSC to reconsider the nature and extent of this resolution.
 

Regards,
Joanna 

on 10/24/01 5:31 PM, Bret Fausett at fausett@lextext.com wrote:

> 
> I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but it looks as though a draft
> resolution that the At Large Study Committee plans to submit to the Board
> was circulated earlier today, though I'm not sure where. Did this come from
> the ALSC and are you looking for comments on it while the comment period
> remains open?
> 
> -- Bret
> 
> *Draft* Proposed Action Statement for ICANN's Board
> 
> Based on an extensive outreach, discussion, research, and consensus-building
> campaign the ALSC recommends that, on November 15, 2001, the ICANN Board
> adopt the following recommendations concerning At-Large participation
> and representation.
> 
> (1) The Board affirms that individual Internet users have a significant
> stake in ICANN's activities and should have the opportunity of fully
> participating in ICANN.
> 
> (2) While the ALSC's final report remains open for comment and
> consideration, the Board acknowledges that the following basic principles
> should guide expedited action on At-Large:
> 
> (a) Create an At-Large Supporting Organization (ALSO) as a regionally-based
> framework for informed participation of any interested individual and for
> At-Large involvement in ICANN policy and decision-making (including
> mechanisms to foster discussion among individuals and with ICANN's
> decision-making bodies);
> 
> (b) Focus At-Large membership on an identifiable and vested community (an
> ALSO electorate) to provide a practical mechanism for voter registration and
> self-funding (e.g. The ALSC recommends that membership be based on
> individual domain name holders);
> 
> (c) Provide a proportionate role for At-Large members in selecting ICANN's
> Board (along with other ICANN constituencies) (e.g. The ALSC recommends 6
> At-Large Directors in a 19 member Board).
> 
> (3) The Board requests that the ICANN CEO solicit expressions of interest to
> determine the degree of interest in creating local and regional ALSO
> entities that would support informed participation of interested individuals
> and At-Large involvement in ICANN, and report the results to the Board at
> the March 2002 ICANN meeting.
> 
> (4) The Board authorizes the extension of the ALSC until March 31, 2002 to
> work with the Supporting Organizations, other interested parties, and ICANN
> staff on proposing detailed plans for an At-Large membership, voter
> registration, and a regionally-based, self-supporting ALSO.
>