Re: [ga] GA & the Steady State Future

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Ok,

Twice in one day that I applaud people for their contributions.
Very well written synopses here Thomas.
I hope this disease is not long lasting.
This should be archived as a state of the GA paper from a chairs' point of
view.
e

Thomas Roessler wrote:

> On 2002-10-10 16:17:09 +0200, ADD-CT wrote:
>
> >excuse my ignorance: I arrived to this list searching the way to
> >belongs or participate in ICANN.
>
> ... and you are very much welcome.
>
> >If you click on "participate in ICANN" (www.icann.org), you will
> >go to www.dnso.icann.org and, from there, to "mailing lists". At
> >this point, I don't know what to think.  Am I a member of the
> >ICANN? Or a member of DNSO? Or only a member of this mailing list?
>
> Well, ICANN doesn't have members, technically.  (And I'll get a
> follow-up from Karl Auerbach in which he'll dispute the effectivity
> of these bylaw provisions in view of the CNPPBL, or however that law
> is abbreviated.)
>
> The DNSO (which has two analogues, the ASO and the PSO) is built up
> out of a number of distinct "constituencies": Business users,
> Non-Commercial Users, Intellectual Property Interests, ISPs,
> Registrars, Registries, and ccTLDs.  In addition to that, there's
> this mailing list, the General Assembly, which also corresponds to a
> "plenary session" at ICANN physical meetings.
>
> Much of the work in the DNSO is supposed to happen on the Names
> Council (where the constituencies are represented) and in Working
> Groups (nowadays: closed Task Forces, consisting of constituency
> representatives).
>
> The GA is supposed to be a forum for intelligent discussion of DNSO
> issues, and for consensus-building.  In the past, it has also
> regularly sent participants to the various Task Forces (who have,
> at times, been very active). The chair and co-chair have been
> regularly participating in Names Council telephone conferences.
>
> In the reformed future ICANN, the DNSO will be renamed GNSO, the
> ccTLDs are going to get their own Supporting Organization.  There
> will be a new "Policy Development Process" which will replace the
> current task force model.
>
> The future GNSO won't have a formal "General Assembly" according to
> the current plans, and the participation in new-style Task Forces
> thus won't be open for individual participants.  Public
> participation will have to go through a beast called ALAC (At-Large
> Advisory Committee).  I hope that it will be possible to persuade
> the board that ALAC participation in the policy-development process
> is a good idea.
>
> Abolishing the notion of a "General Assembly" (in the current
> bylaws, the GA is almost the incarnation of the DNSO as a whole)
> does not mean that this mailing list will stop to exist, and it also
> does not mean that it won't continue to be read by an astonishing
> number of people.  After all, it's the best discussion forum we have
> for ICANN matters, alongside, maybe, with the NCDNHC's discussion
> list.
>
> Now, what to do if you want to participate beyond that?  If you can,
> join one of the existing constituencies.  If you're just an
> individual participant (like me), look out for the ALAC's future
> activities, or try to contribute some more reason to the folks at
> icannatlarge.com.  When there's an opportunity and you feel
> interested in and knowledgeable on some topic, try to join a task
> force.  (I don't know how that'll work in the future, though - I
> just hope that it will continue to be possible.)
>
> When you believe that you have a valuable comment to make on some
> topic, make it.  Frequently, you'll be ignored, but occasionally, it
> actually works.
>
> PS: There's one web site you should _really_ visit daily. That's
> Bret Fausett's icann.blog.us.  Besides that, you may also wish to
> take an occasional look at icannwatch.org, and at my own blog (see
> .sig).  If you understand German, I'd also recommend Alexander
> Svensson's icannchannel.de.
>
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