[RSS GWG] On the definitions of "Stakeholder Communities"

[Erum Welling]

Thanks for providing Robert! It's good to be explicit so we can synchronize
on a starting point and then folks can provide-input/suggest-changes...but
at least we have a common starting point!

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 3:22 PM Robert Carolina via RSSGWG <rssgwg at icann.org>
wrote:

>
> Dear Friends
>
> In our last telephone meeting I feel that we experienced some terminology
> confusion related to the subject of "Stakeholder Communities." I suspect
> this arises from our discussion of principles in which we have already
> drawn some principled distinctions between (at least) two different TYPES
> of Stakeholder groupings.
>
> While the taxonomy or these two sets is reasonably well reflected in the
> principles document, I suspect that we are experiencing confusion because
> we have not developed intuitive defined labels to describe them. I suspect
> that we need to remedy this. If we are confused in our discussion now, the
> community will be equally or more confused later.
>
> Thus I suggest we provisionally adopt a few working labels. Once we are
> comfortable with these we can revise the "stakeholder community
> identification" principles accordingly.
>
> Set out below is my first attempt to adopt more intuitive labels for the
> two sets we have been discussing.
>
>
> 1) "Participant Stakeholder Communities"
>
> This label (or whatever we select to replace it) would describe those
> stakeholder communities that meet all of the criteria we have discussed for
> full participating in the RSS governance structure. I.e., each such
> community would be guaranteed some form of representation in the governance
> structure.
>
>
> 2) "Other Stakeholders"
>
> This label (or whatever we select to replace it) would describe those
> stakeholder groups that have not yet fulfilled all criteria to become a
> Participant Stakeholder Community. Perhaps because they have not been
> identified as having a "direct operational dependency" on the RSS. Or
> perhaps because they have not organised into an observable "community."
>
>
> Using these defined terms, I believe that the Principles as they stand
> tell us that we should go on to:
>
> A) Identify all Participant Stakeholder Communities using the Principles
> as an analysis framework;
>
> B) (later) find an appropriate representation model to assure that each
> Participant Stakeholder Community is specifically represented in the RSS
> Governance Structure ; and
>
> C) assure that we find some mechanism that permits Other Stakeholders (as
> an undifferentiated group) to contribute their ideas to, and otherwise
> observe, the RSS governance process.
>
>
> I hope that we can make some use of these, or some other form of, defined
> terms in our ongoing discussion of this issue. I think it will help us move
> forward more easily.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Rob
>
>
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