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[ga] [fwd] Comment Impl3: Initial ALAC; role of the committee. (from: roessler@does-not-exist.org)
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- From: Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:22:25 +0200
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From: Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
To: reform-comments@icann.org
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:21:35 +0200
Subject: Comment Impl3: Initial ALAC; role of the committee.
Dear members of the Evolution and Reform Committee:
I appreciate the ERC's and ALAC-AG's efforts to find new ways for
public, individual participation in ICANN.
In order to facilitate such participation in a meaningful manner,
further discussion of some of the recommendations and ideas
contained in the recently-posted documents is necessary:
- As has already been noted by Vittorio Bertola, section III.E.2 of
the Final Report seems to indicate that, in a transition phase,
the ALAC is expected not to select members of the Nomination
Committee. It is unclear what is meant by the language used in the
Final Report ("to be selected by the ALAC once it becomes fully
operational"): Is this supposed to mean the time after the
implementation of an alternative mechanism as suggested by XI. (5)
(b) of the proposed new bylaws?
I would strongly recommend that the ALAC should be considered
"fully operational" as soon as all its members have been
determined, even if this determination is going to happen through
a decision of the board. I would also suggest that the board
should determine an initial ALAC as quickly as possible, so ALAC
can be operational as early as during the annual meeting 2002
(i.e., December 2002).
Ideally, any subsequent ALAC should already be determined
according to the mechanisms imagined by the ALAC-AG. Should these
mechanisms not be fully available (for instance because some
regional at-large organizations have not yet been formed), the
board as a whole should make any decisions and appointments which
would normally be these regional organizations' task.
That is, the board should leave as many decisions as possible (and
this as early as possible) to regional at-large organizations, and
should only step where such organizations are not available.
This mode of transitioning an interim ALAC to the final one should
be codified in the new bylaws.
- Section X.3 of the proposed new bylaws: If individual users'
participation and representation in ICANN is to be concentrated in
the ALAC, then it should be entitled to appoint a liaison to the
GNSO Names Council.
- By the same argument, the ALAC should routinely be invited to
appoint a member to any Task Forces created by the GNSO council.
It may be a good idea to consider this approach with _all_
advisory committees, in order to make sure that both special
perspectives not represented in the GNSO (ALAC, GAC), and
technical and feasibility concerns (TAC, SAC, RSSAC) can be
adressed as early in the process as possible. (Obviously,
advisory committees would be free to decline any invitation to
participate in a particular task force.)
To summarize, the ALAC should be (1) considered operational as early
as possible, and (2) should have a credible and effective role in
the global names policy development structure.
Additional concerns:
- The proposed Policy Development Process lists a maximum number of
three "outside advisors" per Task Force which can be appointed by
the Council. I would suggest to replace this by a _recommended_
maximum number of outside advisors which can, if necessary, be
overridden by the GNSO Names Council. (Maybe in cooperation with
the Staff Manager.)
- Section X.5 (4), (5) of the proposed new bylaws: The proposed new
bylaws do not indicate any time frame for the board to decide and
for the Names Council to comment on an application of a proposed
new constituency. Such a time frame being absent, there may be an
incentive for existing constituencies to unnecessarily delay a new
constituency's application out of fear that their own power may be
diminished.
Kind regards,
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Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
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