Re: [ga] Call for Action - ALSC Questionnaire

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joanna and all assembly members,

  Although a poll on certain issues might be helpful, I believe that such a poll

would require or should require the approval of the Assembly members
by vote before moving forward.  It would also likely better serve if such
a poll would be conducted by professional pollsters, such a vote.com
for instance.  As far as I know there are no professional pollsters
in our membership.  If there are please speak up!

  In that professional pollsters cost money it would seem that the first
order of business would be for the DNSO GA membership start
getting it's financial house in order.

  On the other hand, simple polls on specific questions could be conducted
without the need of professional pollsters assistance.  However I don't
believe that is what you are considering in this instance.



Joanna Lane wrote:

> on 7/19/01 2:37 AM, Patrick Corliss at patrick@quad.net.au wrote:
>
> > [ga] ALSC Discussion Paper #1
> > http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc07/msg03670.html
>
> Given that the GA is the only body that is both active and representative of
> the interests of individuals within the ICANN structure at this time, it
> seems that we have a particular responsibility to assist the ALSC by
> answering questions posed in their discussion paper.
>
> It seems also that some of these questions could be answered by a POLL,
> (which should be simple enough to run on one of several websites we now seem
> to have at our disposal), and that others only require plain statements of
> fact (such as confirming that the GA doesn't have teleconferences) but
> others would require detailed discussion to arrive at agreed-upon wording of
> a GA community statement, or even individual responses ( e.g. What (if any)
> specific consensus development processes should be recommended?).
>
> I've made a start on poll questions below, but am not sure how we should be
> tackling this. Suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Joanna
>
> ALSC QUESTION 1. In order to gauge the level of participation and activity
> in ICANN's existing communities, as represented by their mailing lists, what
> are the basic statistics of these lists (e.g. number of participants,
> demographics, frequency of posting etc.)?
>
> GA POLL:
>
> 1a. Do you participate on the ga mailing lists?  Options: yes/no
> 1b. What is your citizenship? Comment box:
> 1c. What is your country of residence? Comment box
> 1d. How often do you post to the ga lists (including sub-lists)? Options:
> more than 5 per day, less than 5 per day, about 1 per day, about one per
> week, infrequently, never.
>
> ALSC QUESTION 2. Similarly, how many participants attend face-to-face
> meetings/teleconferences? How often are such meetings held?
>
> GA POLL:
>
> 2.1 Have you attended any face to face GA meetings? Options: yes/no
> 2.2. If so, which? Comment box
> 2.3 Have you attended any GA teleconferences? Options: yes/no
> 2.4 If so, which? Comment box
>
> Here are the rest of the questions. Some are more suitable for discussion
> than POLL. Suggestions for a Timeline to tackle this?
>
> 3: How are the results of the email discussions, teleconferences, and
> face-to-face meetings summarized, documented and forwarded for consideration
> by other ICANN participants? What working languages are used?
>
> 4. What conflict-of-interest provisions exist within each of the existing
> Supporting Organizations?
>
> 5. What mechanisms exist to demonstrate that due weight is given to input
> provided to each of the Supporting Organizations? What is the Supporting
> Organizations' operational definition of "consensus"? If consensus is/is not
> possible, are the points of agreement and disagreement, rationale, etc.
> summarized and documented? What/who determines if consensus has been
> reached?
>
> *    How much can be expected to be achieved from purely voluntary ICANN
> participation? What might the role of a professional secretariat/support
> staff for the Supporting Organizations play in facilitating participation
> and deliberation? How might such staff be funded?
> *    Who is staff accountable to (and who should staff be accountable to)?
> What is the nature of the relationship between ICANN staff and the existing
> Supporting Organizations? What protocol governs their interactions and
> priorities?
> *    Other than reading through relevant mailing list archives, what other
> resources exist that make understanding the issues being discussed in ICANN
> more accessible? In which languages are such materials produced?
> *    How should existing and potential constituencies be organized into
> Supporting Organizations or other entities such as interest groups,
> political parties, etc.
> *    How can individuals be encouraged to self-organize without ICANN's
> direct involvement?
> *    What would be each entity's role, authority, and funding source?
> *    What (if any) specific consensus development processes should be
> recommended?
> *    Should Directors selected by individual Internet users be a majority or
> minority of the Board members? How should Board seats be allocated? Should
> the current balance of Directors (i.e. 9 from the SOs and 9
> from At-Large) be kept?
> *    Should elections of Directors be direct or indirect (or a combination)?
> How should candidates be nominated? What voting procedures should be used?
> Who should have the ability to vote?
> *    If direct elections are recommended, should they be held among
> particular groupings of Internet users, or should they be geographic or
> issue-based (including issue or agenda-driven "parties")?
> *    Should some demonstration of commitment be required for participation
> in elections (such as requirements based on knowledge, participation, or
> money)?
> *    How can individual users be informed about ICANN? How can candidates
> for election and interest groups in any form communicate with ICANN's
> "At-Large members"? Relevant issues include privacy, language, Net access
> (use of Web vs. e-mail) and others.
>
> Regards,
> Joanna
>
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