Re: [wg-review] New constituencies was: "We are in thestarting line......"

["Bret A. Fausett" <baf@fausett.com>]

>> It's also my belief, and I understand that many on the NC share it, that
>> petitions for new constituencies can be made directly to the Board and do
>> not need to go through the Names Council.
> 
> There have been some cases whether or not such petetion can go to the Board
> directly without NC consulation. If so, what could be a procedure such as
> through ICANN staff or literally directly, which should be clarified to give
> guidance to those who want to go to the Board directly.

As for what the procedure is, the Bylaws only state:

      Any group of individuals or entities may petition the Board
      for recognition as a new or separate Constituency. Any such
      petition will be posted for public comment pursuant to Article
      III, Section 3. The Board may create new Constituencies in
      response to such a petition, or on its own motion, if it
      determines that such action would serve the purposes of the
      Corporation. 

There is no single model for what a constituency petition might look like.
For examples, constituency proponents would want to view the original
constituency proposals (both the successful and the unsuccessful ones) that
were considered by the Board in Berlin and Santiago,

      http://www.icann.org/dnso/constituency_groups.html
      http://www.icann.org/dnso/noncommpage.htm

together with the Board's resolution approving the constituencies

      http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-27may99.htm
      http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-26aug99.htm

As to where a new constituency petition should be directed, I'm not aware of
any statement of preference from the Board and staff as to how to bring such
matters to ICANN's attention. If it were me, I'd send the petition to the
CEO and the Chief Policy Officer, with a copy to members of the Board's
Executive Committee (http://www.icann.org/committees/executive/).

Once submitted, the constituency petition should be posted for public
comment, at which time the NC and other DNSO constituencies will have the
opportunity to review and comment. That, at least under my reading, is how
the process would work under the existing Bylaws.

        -- Bret