Olivier,

I've not had the opportunity to read the Westlake document, only the comments about it as presented on the At-Large wiki workspace. But having read your request about raiding possible concerns now, I offer the following comment.

My ICANN involvement stems from an interest in the effective utilization of the Internet in cities. When I hear about a fixed bicameral GNSO structure, it raises a fundamental question: How are the concerns of city residents (now comprising more than 1/2 the world's population) to be heard within that structure? For example, are the interests and concerns of New York City's 8.5 million residents adequately represented through the contractual "house"? While I'm not familiar with the minutia of the legal relationship between the city of New York and ICANN, it appears that today city residents are to address their concerns to a contractor based in the state of Virginia. When I explain the extant state of oversight of our city's TLD to fellow residents I get that "You gotta be kidding?" look.

At the ICANN 53 meeting I addressed the Board of Directors to suggest that "informed consent" and "multistakeholder governance" be standard components of the city-TLD application process, and that the public interest would be found therein.

For now I've no conclusive answer to put forward as to how 1/2 the world's population should have their interests represented at ICANN and other digital venues. As you are aware, our organization is exploring the At-Large as a possible route for representation of our city's individual Internet users. But where in the GNSO?

Getting back to today's question about the current bicameral GNSO. At this stage of the Internet's development - with the Net becoming more important to our lives every day - it is essential that welcoming passageways to participation in the GNSO be provided for in the upcoming transition, both for cities and other stakeholders needing voice in the Net's governance.

Sincerely,

Thomas Lowenhaupt, Director
Connecting.nyc Inc.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC
Statement on the Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting
Organization
From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>
Date: Wed, July 22, 2015 12:50 pm
To: alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org, At-Large Worldwide
<at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org>

Hello all,

just a kind reminder, a few hours away from the At-Large Comments closing.
I have heard in corridors that some people were concerned about the lack of overall review of the GNSO's structure and most of the recommendations focussed on GNSO Working Groups and small adjustments rather than taking a serious look at the GNSO's bicameral structure. Yet, I have not seen any actual written confirmation of this concern here. Could you please all take a short moment to write your concerns, if any, that should be part of an overall comment that falls outside the (narrow) scope of the actual recommendations made by Westlake Consultants?
Kindest regards,

Olivier


On 16/07/2015 08:00, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
Hello all,

of particular interest, is identifying what is *missing* from the Review. Suggestions welcome.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 16/07/2015 03:00, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote:
Dear All, 

Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft ALAC Statement on the Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process.

The current draft, as well as additional information on the Public Comment, can be found on the wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/35U0Aw. 

Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 22 July 2015 23:59 UTC.

Regards,
 
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge 


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