[announce] DNSO GA vote on Two motions about ICANN Reform - time limits

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ICANN/DNSO
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                           DNSO General Assembly
                   Vote on Two motions about ICANN Reform
                                    b12

15 May 2002
22 May 2002

Vote on Two motions about ICANN Reform

   * Motion 1. "Request that US DoC hold open competition for services now
     offered by ICANN"

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     WHEREAS the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers (ICANN)
has
     dramatically changed the initial terms of reference for ICANN, and is
     proposing even further changes.

     WHEREAS these proposed changes have met extensive opposition in the
Internet
     community and go even further from the original terms of reference.

     WHEREAS a new open competition would allow the U.S. Department of
Commerce
     (the DoC) to consider both the ICANN Board proposal for restructuring,
and
     alternatives offered by others for managing key Internet resources,
while
     providing for a public record of the process for enhanced visibility.

     WHEREAS the General Assembly of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting
Organization
     (the DNSO) also reminds the DoC, that in the Green and the White Paper,
the
     Government of the United States made it clear that it intends to
withdraw
     from management of the Domain name System (the DNS).

     It is hereby RESOLVED that:-

     The General Assembly of the Domain Name Supporting Organization of
Internet
     Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) asks the US
Department
of
     Commerce to have an open competition for the services now provided by
ICANN,
     provided that the new competition would address the need to develop an
     international framework for DNS management. An open competition should
aim
     to achieve comprehensive privatization and internationalization of DNS
     services, consistent with the need for stability, but also innovation,
     competition and freedom.

   * Motion 2. "Basic principles for the ICANN Reform Process"

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     Whereas there are certain basic principles which have to be honored
             by an entity coordinating key Internet resources in order to
             gain the trust of the Internet community,

     Whereas these principles include transparent process, broad input into
             policy-making, which must include meaningful individual
             and non-commercial participation, and accountability (including
             independent review of decisions),

     Whereas there is a widespread perception that ICANN is moving away
             from these principles, in particular by stalling or abandoning
             processes for the implementation of an independent review
             system and for participation of the Internet community at
             large in ICANN oversight,

     the General Assembly of the DNSO reminds the ICANN Board that it must
     adhere to these principles in any reform proposal and make it
     sufficiently known how proposed reforms provide improvements regarding
     these principles. Should the ICANN reform process fail to provide
     significant improvements in these regards, it is the international
     Internet community's and governments' task to consider how all of or
     parts of ICANN's responsibilities could be transferred smoothly to one
     or more new or existing organizations which are accountable to the
     international Internet community as a whole, have clearly defined
     missions and are not only under the sole control of a national
     department of commerce, without endangering the stability of the DNS
     or the Internet as a whole. In the meantime, all groups of the Internet
     community are called to deliver their input on reforms needed.
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Basic outline of the voting on Two motions about ICANN Reform

   * Basic outline http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2002.GA-b12-outline.html

Electorate and Voting Registry

   * Electorate. Voting roster
     http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/b12.rosterindex.html, as of 15 May
     2002, at the time the ballot was prepared.
   * Voting Registry
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2000.GA-voting-registry.html

Voting Rules used by the DNSO General Assembly

   * Voting rules http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2000.GA-voting-rules.html

Time for the vote

   * Begins: Wednesday 15 May 2002, 13:00 UTC
     (06:00 LA, 09:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Tokyo)
   * Ends: Wednesday 22 May 2002, 13:00 UTC
     (06:00 LA, 09:00 New York, 15:00 Paris, 22:00 Tokyo)

Results published on 24 May 2002, 16:00 UTC

The full record will be published in:
http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/b12.fullrecord.html