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<DIV>Thanks for the opportunity to clarify the issue, Mike. While Bill and I are NCUC representatives on the Council, we certainly (as Chuck noted) do not claim to represent individual users, except insofar as they are members of NCUC. We are both of us, however, interested in participating - through the GNSO mechanism - in what we believe to be a very important process for ICANN. Further, the motion called for the GNSO to "identify user representatives ... willing to work with the ALAC and At-Large community to develop a recommendation" to the Board. As such, I was simply using the language of the motion.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am conscious also of the Board's 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 ..." As the NCUC is committed to facilitating greater and broader individual inclusion, and as it believes that this effort ought to be inclusive and effective, it seems to me that it also makes sense for NCUC Councillors (and perhaps even members) who have expressed an interest to be part of the effort to develop the requisite recommendation. </DIV>
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<DIV>I assure everyone that this does not mean Bill and I will only express NCUC's views, or participate only as NCUC representatives. I do, however, believe that our participation as GNSO individual nominees will have the added benefit of facilitating smooth and transparent communications and cooperation between those groups, individuals and constituencies that have reason to be interested in the outcome of this process.</DIV>
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<DIV>I hope this clarifies matters, at least in respect of my own views. BTW, since I'm not a member of the ALAC Working List, my emails get bounced from that list. If someone can forward this response to them, I'd be very grateful.</DIV>
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<DIV>With apologies for the length of this email,</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Mary W S Wong</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Professor of Law</DIV>
<DIV>Franklin Pierce Law Center</DIV>
<DIV>Two White Street</DIV>
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<DIV>USA</DIV>
<DIV>Email: <A href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu">mwong@piercelaw.edu</A></DIV>
<DIV>Phone: 1-603-513-5143</DIV>
<DIV>Webpage: <A href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</A></DIV>
<DIV>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <A href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</A></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> 2/5/2009 4:20 PM >>><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=308073120-05022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I didn't assume they were claiming to be representative of individual users but rather that they are individual users. All our motion asked for was invidual users.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike Rodenbaugh<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B> council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'ALAC Working List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Motion on Individual Users in the GNSO.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks to you and Bill for volunteering, but could you please describe why you believe you two are representative of individual users?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Mary Wong<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:53 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> council@gnso.icann.org; Alan Greenberg; Chuck Gomes<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> ALAC Working List<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [council] Motion on Individual Users in the GNSO.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The NCUC would like to express its thanks to those members who have worked on the motion and the various activities that accompany it. We believe the question of individual user engagement is, like public participation, an important and vital part of the ICANN model and process. The NCUC is also fully committed to contributing to processes and models, going forward, that will facilitate individual user participation (non-commercial and otherwise) in the GNSO and other aspects of ICANN work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">As such, the NCUC would like to nominate two of its Councillors, viz. myself (Mary) and Bill Drake, to serve as user representatives to assist in creating a useful and representative recommendation to the Board in this respect.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We need to very quickly "</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">identify some user representatives, especially individual users, who would be willing to work with the ALAC and At-Large community to develop a recommendation regarding the Boards request</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">". Does the NCUC have any recommendations? Should we seek some volunteers from the GA list? Can anyone recommend an individual user?</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">In an email message to the <st1:PersonName w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> 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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The Working Group on <st1:PersonName w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> 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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The <st1:PersonName w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> Chair previously contacted the ALAC Chair and the GNSO ALAC Liaison to discuss this topic. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The ALAC and At-Large continue to support having users (which includes registrants) involved in the Non-contracted Party/User House of the GNSO. Our initial reply to the Board is appended below. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Determine whether the ALAC and At-Large community would like the GNSO to identify some user representatives, especially individual users, who would be willing to work with the ALAC and At-Large community to develop a recommendation regarding the Boards request that could be forwarded to the appropriate groups for their consideration in developing a stakeholder group charter and to the Board for action on GNSO improvement recommendations. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">We are most certainly interested. As noted in our initial response to the Board, we are committed to responding to the Board by February 20. Our intent is to try to reach some common ground with the GNSO-names individuals. To the extent that we do or do not meet this goal, our response to the Board will note it.<BR><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">If in either case the ALAC or At-large community do not accept this proposal the GNSO council may reconsider the issue. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l1 level2 lfo8"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Apologize to the Board that it failed to meet the Board established deadline of 24 January <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l1 level2 lfo8"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Inform the Board that the GNSO: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL></UL>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l1 level3 lfo8"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Is awaiting information from the ALAC. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l1 level3 lfo8"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Is willing in cooperation with users to identify user representatives, especially individual users, who would be willing to work with the ALAC and At-Large community to develop a recommendation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l1 level3 lfo8"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL></UL></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The motion passed unanimously by voice vote <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><BR>*Letter from the Chair of the ALAC to the Chair of the Board of ICANN*<BR><BR>I write to you today in connection with ICANN Board Resolution 2008-12-11-02.<BR><BR>Whilst the resolution asked that a recommendation on the modalities for including Individual Internet users in the GNSO should be presented to the board by 24^th January, the various parties have been unable to conclude work in the timeframe provided. Considering that much of the available time between 11^th December and 24^th January was over the festive season, I'm sure you and the other board members will understand that whilst we are working on the question, as volunteers during a major family holiday we have had less time for this issue than would otherwise be the case.<BR><BR>With respect to At-Large we are also very busy with new gTLDs, the ALAC Review, and the organisation of the At-Large Summit; the Board's request really couldn't have come at a worse time.<BR><BR>Nevertheless we are working on the question. I have had discussions with Avri Doria, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> Chair, on how to convene the various interested parties and I compliment her efforts to encourage constructive work on this question. Unfortunately the modalities for joint work by all interested parties has in itself proven controversial enough that no meeting of that kind has taken place yet, it does appear that things are moving in a positive direction and that discussions of a suitably representative nature will be forthcoming.<BR><BR>In the meantime, At-Large has convened a regionally-balanced ad-hoc working group and we have committed to having a considered response not later than 20^th February, irrespective of what efforts involving broader interests is able to produce.<BR><BR>What we can say to you at this point is the following:<BR><BR> * At-Large and ALAC does not believe that the answer to individual<BR> Internet user participation in the GNSO requires -- or is even<BR> well-served -- by simply inserting the At-Large community's<BR> structures into the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. In fact, we<BR> believe that would be both confusing to the community and quite<BR> counterproductive.<BR> * The concept of opening the GNSO to "users" instead of<BR> "registrants" was included in the Report of the Working Group on<BR> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> Restructuring at the instigation of the ALAC. We<BR> remain convinced that the GNSO must include meaningful<BR> participation for those speaking on behalf of individual Internet<BR> users within both the commercial and non-commercial stakeholder<BR> groups. But to be clear, our definition of "user" includes<BR> registrants.<BR> * "meaningful participation" in this context means that those<BR> engaged on behalf of individual Internet users must feel that<BR> their voices are influential and effective and equal to the voices<BR> of other groups in their Stakeholder Group. Without this, there is<BR> no chance that new players can be drawn into the GNSO community.<BR> * We have seen the draft NCUC petition and charter for the NCSG,<BR> held a meeting with members of the NCUC during the ICANN Cairo<BR> meeting to discuss it and we continue to evaluate the proposal.<BR> Without prejudice to that proposal, we believe that the ultimate<BR> structure of the NCSG must provide a place where all voices and<BR> views can be heard on the questions of the day, and where the<BR> structures of the NCSG ensure that no voice is disenfranchised and<BR> in particular that individual personalities are unable to impose<BR> their views on others. Just as "takeover" is an issue within ICANN<BR> as a whole, it is also an issue within a SG.<BR><BR>Whilst I know that the above is not all that you hoped to receive from us this month, I hope that you will find it useful and we look forward to concluding our work on this question, as soon as possible.<BR><BR>Of course if you or your colleagues require clarification on any of the above, I, our ALAC Executive, and the Working Group established for this topic, remain at your service.<BR><BR><BR>Kindest regards,<BR><BR>(Signed on behalf the ALAC ad-hoc WG on NCSG : GNSO Improvements Implementation)<BR><BR>Cheryl Langdon-Orr<BR>ALAC Chair 2007-2009<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>