See also: http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-14mar02.htm http://www.cavebear.com/tmp/resolutions1.pdf http://www.cavebear.com/tmp/resolutions2.pdf Politech archive on ICANN: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=icann -Declan --- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:17:39 -0500 To: mikaelat_private, nikolajnat_private, atsaiat_private, farberat_private, Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>, <DGillmorat_private>, igoraat_private From: Esther Dyson <edysonat_private> Subject: Fwd: ALSC press release Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed hard-fought.... FYI from Esther >"GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY!" > >ICANN BOARD APPROVES INDIVIDUAL INTERNET USER PARTICIPATION, CALLS FOR >ORGANIZATION OF AT-LARGE MEMEBERSHIP > >March 14, Accra, Ghana -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and >Numbers (ICANN) Board of Directors approved a resolution during its >meeting today that called for the creation of an At-Large mechanism for >"meaningful, informed participation by Internet users," as recommended by >the At-Large Study Committee (ALSC). Taking a critical step towards >structuring participation and representation of individuals from >throughout the diverse global Internet user communities ("At-Large >constituency") within ICANN, the Board called upon the ICANN community to >create an At-Large membership based on "bottom-up, self-organized, local >Internet community" groups. > >"The ALSC is pleased the Board committed to a strong role for individual >Internet users in ICANN and acknowledged the merits of our report," said >Carl Bildt, ALSC Chair. "We worked to find a solution that ensures >Internet users have a sustained role in the technical coordination of the >Internet, and are gratified the Board has now recognized the Internet >community's bottom-up organizing activities." > >In the resolution, the Board stated that it "wishes to move forward with >energy and enthusiasm to build a meaningful structure for informed >participation by the full range of Internet users, and seeks avenues to >achieve these objectives that are bottom-up, self-organized, and >self-sustaining." > >ICANN is in the process of considering wholesale restructuring, and the >resolution instructs the Board Committee on Restructuring to ensure that >their ongoing efforts at crafting a blueprint for ICANN reform include >"workable mechanisms and procedures that enable meaningful opportunities >for participation by the full range of Internet users," and "an >appropriate role for those interests in ICANN's coordinating and >management structures." > >In its annual meeting in November, 2001, the Board formally accepted the >ALSC's final report as a basis for discussion and received in Accra the >Committee's "Implementation Report," which provided details on the >processes needed to implement the ALSC's final report. The final report >proposes a regionally based global framework for all interested >individuals' structured participation in ICANN, focuses At-Large >membership (an electorate) on an identifiable and vested community, >provides a reasonable, initial mechanism for registration and >self-funding, and grants At-Large members a proportionate responsibility >for selecting ICANN's Board. While the Board, today, made clear that >there would be no direct elections to fill At-Large Board seats at this >time, it left open the possibility of future At-Large elections. > >"We are still moving forward from where we were, although we have not yet >reached our goal of regularly elected At-Large directors," said Esther >Dyson, an ALSC member and former chairman of ICANN. "Now the At-Large >Membership has the challenge and responsibility of meeting the Board's >call for informed, active participation… which we hope will lead to >issue-oriented, transparent elections." > >The ALSC's reports are available on the Internet (at www.atlargestudy.org) >and the Board's resolution is available at www.icann.org. >. >ABOUT THE ALSC >The ALSC is an independent Committee created by ICANN earlier this year to >provide recommendations to ICANN's Board on how to structure the diverse >global Internet community's participation within ICANN. The ALSC is >conducting an aggressive outreach, discussion, research, and >consensus-building campaign that will culminate with the submission of a >final report to the Board in November. In addition to Carl Bildt, the ALSC >includes Charles Costello, Pierre Dandjinou, Esther Dyson, Olivier Iteanu, >Ching-Yi Liu, Thomas Niles, Oscar Robles, and Pindar Wong. Biographies of >these individuals, and Information on the ALSC, can be found at >www.atlargestudy.org. > >ABOUT ICANN >ICANN is a technical coordination body for the Internet. Created in >October 1998 by a broad coalition of the Internet's business, technical, >academic, and user communities, ICANN is assuming responsibility for a set >of technical functions previously performed under U.S. government contract >by IANA and other groups. Specifically, ICANN coordinates the assignment >of identifiers that must be globally unique for the Internet to function: >Internet domain names, IP address numbers, and protocol parameter and port >numbers. In addition, ICANN coordinates the stable operation of the >Internet's root server system. As a non-profit, private-sector >corporation, ICANN is dedicated to preserving the operational stability of >the Internet; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation >of global Internet communities; and to developing policy through >private-sector, bottom-up, consensus-based means. ICANN welcomes the >participation of any interested Internet user, business, or organization. > >CONTACT >Denise Michel >+1 310 823 9358 >dmichelat_private BACK TO THE FRONTIER - this year's PC FORUM with Craig Barrett, Rick Belluzzo, Eric Schmidt... and you! www.pcforum2002.com/pcforum/speakers.cfm March 24 to 26 Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes! chairman, EDventure Holdings writer, Release 3.0 (on Website below) edysonat_private 1 (212) 924-8800 -- fax 1 (212) 924-0240 104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor) New York, NY 10011 USA http://www.edventure.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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