Danny just a minor point on the relationship between ALS's and the ALAC... ALS's coalesce into RALO's (and here there is both opportunity and need for input into ICANN Policy development at both these structural element/levels. Further we are in absolute agreement that this needs radical improvement for the At-Large Community to be properly engaged and involved .... However the ALAC is an "AC to the ICANN Board" that is constituted by equitably balanced regional representation. Currently where 3 appointments are made to represent each Region (AF; AP; EU; LAC & NA) that being two (2) directly from the respective RALO's and one (1) by NomCom appointment... We do keep seeing the use of interchanging 'nomenclature' and descriptions of 'purpose' in these conversations, a confusion (to some) that I believe is best avoided if at all possible. CLO -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny Younger Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:55 AM To: Brendler, Beau; Nick Ashton-Hart; At-Large Worldwide; NA Discuss Subject: Re: [At-Large] [NA-Discuss] GNSO Improvements Statement Edits Sorry to have to disagree, but if I were sitting on the Board Governance Committee I'd be scoffing at the ridiculous demands being made in this document as no case has properly been made for ALS (user) constituency status within the GNSO. A few questions: 1. The GNSO has made it possible for participation within their committees, task forces, ad-hoc groups, and volunteer drafting teams -- how many ALSs have availed themselves of the opportunity? 2. The GNSO is a policy formulating body that discusses policy matters on-line -- how many ALSs have participated in any online DNS-related policy discussion? 3. GNSO Constituencies are self-supporting and each charges a fee for membership -- how many ALSs are willing to pay a constituency membership fee? 4. GNSO Councillors travel to ICANN sessions without the benefit of ICANN travel support -- how many ALSs will be willing to regularly send their members at their own expense to GNSO functions? 5. Can you name even one ALS that knows the status of the ALAC letter sent to the Board regarding front-running? 6. Can you name even one ALS that knows the status of GNSO discussions on fast-flux or inter-registrar domain transfers or the GNSO's current position on IDNC? 7. Although the ALAC always has some sort of comment to make on the topic of WHOIS (that lends itself to armchair philosophers), how many ALSs actually volunteered to participate in an effort to define the next range of WHOIS studies? You know, when we consider topics like fast-track for IDNs, we factor in considerations such as demand and capability -- when I look at the GNSO restructuring I see no widespread demand for ALS involvement, nor do I see a capability to engage in serious policy formulation discussions. Just look at the regional lists -- has any ALS from anywhere in the world other than North America expressed an interest in an ALS constituency? New constituencies are supposed to be able to demonstrate that they are: 1) broadly representative; and 2) that the addition of such a Constituency will improve the ability of the GNSO to carry out its policy-development responsibilities. Based on the track record of ALAC's ALSs, you couldn't convince me that they will act to improve the ability of the GNSO to carry out its policy-development obligations... they haven't even managed to put together a proper working group on any topic whatsoever or for that matter discuss DNS policy on their own discussion lists. I will not support the current text as I believe it to be detrimental to a GNSO that suffers enough already from the presence of certain constituencies that only rarely choose to participate. We don't need more of that. --- "Brendler, Beau" <Brenbe@consumer.org> wrote:
I'm closer to supporting this than anything else I've seen yet.
Danny, Evan, what do you think (the document is a little difficult to read as it's very wide, I'm referring to Nick's revisions on the right).
BB
-----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of Nick Ashton-Hart Sent: Sat 4/26/2008 11:24 AM To: At-Large Worldwide; NA Discuss Subject: [At-Large] GNSO Improvements Statement Edits
Dear All:
I have been requested to provide some language which might act as a 'bridge' which could help to reconcile the views expressed about the Joint Proposal on GNSO Reform which has been the subject of considerable discussion in the NARALO in the last several days.
I hope that what I have crafted is at least close to what is required. As always, whether it is used or not is entirely up to all of you.
I have taken the liberty of doing the drafting using the wiki version of the ALAC Statement to the Board of ICANN on GNSO Improvements, since it seemed to me that this would make it easy for everyone to see the original text of that document and also the changes that I have introduced, Here are some URLs for you:
1. Side-by-side view of the original ALAC draft and the drafting work just done:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?action=revision_compare&page_name=a l_alac_gnim_wg_01_01_alac_statement_on_gnso_improvements&mode=source&new_rev ision_id=20080426152144&old_revision_id=20080423215537&Button=Compare+Revisi ons
2. Original text of the ALAC Statement, unmodified:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?action=revision_view;page_name=al_a lac_gnim_wg_01_01_alac_statement_on_gnso_improvements;revision_id=2008042321 5537
3. Joint Proposal of Users:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements-report-2008/docTwl3R0M9fY.doc
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