RE: [ga] ORG: some answers from ICANN

["Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

It appears to me the DNSO has not defined
what "representation" actually is and how it is to be seen as valid.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

Hello Dassa,
This sounds to me like you want DNSO to interfere with internal procedures
at companies like AT & T , to ensure their accountability to their employees
and customers and commonality of representation within DNSO, by some form of
formalized structure.  I hope not. Representatives, whether from groups of
big business, associations, small business, public policy groups,
individuals etc., can only be validated by the interest they take in DNSO,
and not by the affairs of other corporations that are of no concern to
ICANN. Yet again, the solution can be found in reforming the existing
constituency structure to include proper representation for individuals and
small business, amongst other groups.

The issue here is not about what is, or what is not, valid representation,
but it is about DNSO's unrealistic expectations that it could function under
the existing structure. If a representative turns up and participates, I
suggest they are valid, but for whatever reason, DNSO has imposed artificial
limitations on the choices available for representation. If an interested
person is an employee of AT & T or a customer of DHS, and does not support
the policies that Marilyn or your good self are advocating, albeit in good
faith, that person has three choices. Ignore you, oust you from your role,
or find another representative outside of AT & T or DHS. Defining
representation does not assist a person in finding a representative that
does not exist or is not affordable.

DNSO should not be concerned with the quality of any particular
representative, in terms of how much emphasis they may or may not place on
advocating policies that are in the best interests of their employees and
customers. That would be an internal matter for Marilyn and your good self
to deal with as you each see fit and I have no doubt that both of you do the
best you can in the circumstances, in your own ways. It is the sheer volume
of employees and customers represented by large corporations, over whom DNSO
can have no quality control, that is of most concern. The remedy is simple.
Provide a completely separate and affordable option for those people to be
represented within DNSO, and on an equal footing. I would add only that it
is a disgrace that DNSO has not addressed this issue to date.

Sincerely,
Joanna

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