This proposal is at odds with the outcome of the GNSO Review, who has recommended to create a non-contractual, non-commercial stakeholder group, who should include, besides the current NCUC, individual registrants, research&academia, civil society, etc. If this proposal will be endorsed by the Board, it would look funny to create at the same time, in the framework of the NomCom review process, a duplicate appointment from a similar stakeholder group. Similar considerations hold for a registrants advisory committee. The registrants are, by definition, limited in scope to the domain name system. Their contribution, therefore, will be related to the policy making process that is currently within the scope of the GNSO. The appropriate place of this group will therefore be as part of the stakeholder group system in the GNSO. Incidentally, it would be a great achievement for giving a voice to the individual registrants, which was something that has been attempted, without success, since the beginning of ICANN. On the other hand, if this is a proposal that is trying to lump together commercial and non-commercial registrants in an initiative that indicates a target that is not achievable, like an advisory committee, it will at the most achieve two results: undermine the ALAC, and prevent for the nth time the creation of a voice for individuals in the GNSO. Cheers, Roberto
-----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny Younger Sent: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 15:10 To: vanda@uol.com.br Cc: At-Large Worldwide Subject: [At-Large] RES: Comments on GNSO improvements
Vanda,
These are the comments that I today sent to the BGC.
Enhancing Public Participation in the GNSO
When ICANN's Evolution and Reform Committee first conceptualized the service of Nominating Committee appointees in the GNSO, it understood that these appointees were to function "without any real or perceived obligations to any particular constituency" and "as the neutral tiebreakers".
While we await the issuance of the BCG's "NomCom Improvement Process" document, I would like to tender a simple proposal for consideration. I believe that we are at the point where we may augment our thinking to regard these appointees as "representatives of the public interest".
With this concept in mind, I would propose allowing these appointees to function as a defacto "public constituency". This constituency would have it's own listserv, a website, regularly scheduled teleconferences, etc. (all the normal trappings of a constituency) that would allow the public to properly interact with its designated representatives.
To implement this proposal, all that is called for is a tiny modicum of Staff support to get this virtual constituency up and running.
All other current participants in the GNSO have such mechanisms at their disposal. It's time to give the Nominating Committee appointees the same set of tools that others enjoy to better do their jobs.
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