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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Mary,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Mike R.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Mary (for the
NCUC)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:purple'>Mary W S Wong</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Professor of Law<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pierce</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
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Tahoma'>Concord</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>, <st1:State w:st="on">NH</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">03301</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Email: <a
href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu">mwong@piercelaw.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Phone:
1-603-513-5143<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Webpage: <a
href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Selected
writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a
href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<br>
>>> "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> 2/3/2009 8:19
PM >>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Avri and all,</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>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 Board’s request</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>". Does the NCUC have any recommendations? Should
we seek some volunteers from the GA list? Can anyone recommend an
individual user?</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Chuck</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>Alan Greenberg<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 02, 2009
4:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> ALAC Working List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [council] Motion on
Individual Users in the GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>At 29/01/2009
05:42 PM, Glen de Saint Géry wrote:<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Motion 4<br>
Motion re: Individual Users in the GNSO<br>
=======================================<br>
Motion proposed by Chuck Gomes seconded by Bill Drake with friendly amendments
by Alan Greenberg <br>
Whereas: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l7 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The potential members of the
two <st1:PersonName w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Resolve: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The Council requests the <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> ALAC Liaison in consultation with
the ALAC Chair to: <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>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 <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">GNSO Council</st1:PersonName> as soon as practical <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level2 lfo5'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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 Board’s 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;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo8'><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Provide
weekly progress reports to the Council list regarding the above. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The Council directs the
Council Chair to: <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo8'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo8'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Inform the Board that the
GNSO: <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
<ul type=square>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level3 lfo8'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Is
awaiting information from the ALAC. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level3 lfo8'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level3 lfo8'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The motion passed
unanimously by voice vote <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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>
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