Bruce, as far as the ccNSO is concerned, I really don't follow. Each region has 3 representatives on Council and 3 are selected by the NomCom. As fars as I can recall, Council has elected from themselves Chairs from New Zealand, Australia, Canada (ie ccTLDs without much baggage) and (briefly) from the UK. I don't believe that the ccNSO or its Council is dominated. At all. It has a long history of being inclusive, in particular towards non ccNSO members. I am in any case totally opposed to have a membership based on chairs of ACs/SOs. They are elected, and for that we have the Board. I do have concerns about capture if we take all comers, however. So I don't have the solution either... el On 2015-01-19 16:57 , Bruce Tonkin wrote:
Hello Jordan,
a) what classes of membership are available
I think you also need to look at diversity. The SO and AC chairs for example have over time often been dominated by people from countries where the native language is English and are generally developed countries.
The bylaws go to some lengths to try to ensure that the ICANN Board is more diverse - that is partly why it is so large.
So while having a membership structure based on chairs of ACs and SOs is relatively simple to implement - it may not truly take into account the global diversity of the global public.
Regards, Bruce Tonkin [...]