[council]

[William Drake]

Hi,

I second the motion.

Best,

Bill

On Jan 23, 2009, at 2:23 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> My apologies for being several hours late, but I would like to make  
> the motion that is attached and copied below for consideration at  
> our 29 Jan meeting.  A second is welcome as are friendly amendments.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> GNSO Restructure – Motion re. Individual Users in the GNSO
>
> Whereas:
>
> On 11 December 2008, the ICANN Board approved Resolution  
> 2008-12-11-02 seeking a recommendation on how to incorporate the  
> legitimate interests of individual Internet users in the GNSO in  
> constructive yet non-duplicative ways and requesting that the  
> recommendation should be submitted no later than 24 January 2009 for  
> consideration by the Board.
>
> In an email message to the GNSO Council list dated 20 January 2009,  
> the ICANN Vice President, Policy Development clarified that the11  
> December Resolution is an effort to help the Board identify a  
> strategic solution that balances ALAC/At-Large and GNSO  
> opportunities for all user and registrant stakeholders.
>
> The Working Group on GNSO Council Restructuring Report sent to the  
> ICANN Board of Directors on 25 July 2008 recommended that the Non- 
> Contracted Party/User House would be open to membership of all  
> interested parties that use or provide services for the Internet,  
> with the obvious exclusion of the contracted parties and should  
> explicitly not be restricted to domain registrants as recommended by  
> the BGC and that such recommendation was made in response to the  
> suggestion of the ALAC Liaison to the Council.
>
> The GNSO Council Chair previously contacted the ALAC Chair and the  
> GNSO ALAC Liaison to discuss this topic.
>
> The potential members of the two GNSO Council Non-Contracted Party  
> Stakeholder Groups have been tasked with submitting proposed  
> Stakeholder Group Charters to the ICANN Board prior to the Board  
> meeting on 6 March 2009.
>
> Resolve:
>
> The Council requests the GNSO Council ALAC Liaison in consultation  
> with the ALAC Chair to:
> Determine whether the ALAC and At-Large community have any concerns  
> with regard to the recommendation that membership in the Non- 
> Contracted Party/User House would be open to individual Internet  
> users in addition to domain name registrants and, if so, to  
> communicate those concerns to the GNSO Council as soon as practical
> Determine whether the ALAC and At-Large community would like the  
> GNSO to identify some noncommercial user representatives, especially  
> individual users, who would be willing to work with the ALAC and At- 
> Large community to develop a recommendation regarding the Board’s  
> request that could be forwarded to the NCUC for their consideration  
> in developing a stakeholder group charter and to the Board for  
> action on GNSO improvement recommendations.
> Provide weekly progress reports to the Council list regarding the  
> above.
>
> The Council directs the Council Chair to:
>
> Apologize to the Board that it failed to meet the Board established  
> deadline of 24 January
> Inform the Board that the GNSO:
> Is awaiting information from the ALAC.
> Is willing in cooperation with noncommercial users to identify  
> noncommercial user representatives, especially individual users, who  
> would be willing to work with the ALAC and At-Large community to  
> develop a recommendation.
> Will promptly consider next steps and respond to the Board as  
> quickly as possible after requested information is received from the  
> ALAC as well any recommendation that may be developed by the ALAC  
> and At-Large community.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> <GNSO Restructure Motion re Individual Users in the GNSO.doc>

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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks,
http://tinyurl.com/5mh9jj
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