RE: [wg-review] Clarifications requested from BoD, Staff, NC, TC,Chair prior to co-Chair elections

["Cindy Merry" <tomerrys@inter-linc.net>]

This should also be included in our report.  Along with our discussions to
protect individual Internet users rights in regards to domain names and
businesses rights in regards to domain names.

Cindy Merry

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From: owner-wg-review@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-review@dnso.org]On Behalf
Of DPF
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 1:37 AM
To: wg-review@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [wg-review] Clarifications requested from BoD, Staff, NC,
TC,Chair prior to co-Chair elections

On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:47:17 +1300, Joop Teernstra wrote:

>The @large is
>1. an unorganized jumble of all Internet users' diverse interests.
>2. without Charter or Mission statement
>3. without means of the members to contact each other
>4. subject to a Study that may reduce its representation on the Board or
do
>away with it altogether
>5. represented by Directors that may be representing interests directly
>opposed to typical DN holders' interests.
>6. top-down and controlled by ICANN staff.
>7. Unable to provide policy formulations to the ICANN Board
>
>An Individual Domain Name Owners constituency is:
>
>1. formed naturally by people with a common interest-- bottom up and in
>control of its own Charter and destiny
>2. part of the DNSO where Domain  Name Policy initiatives are developed
>3. a place where any Domain Name Owner gets a chance to be part of the
>policymaking process, (and get the results to the attention of the Board)
>via its own elected officers
>4. a counterweight in the DNSO, giving it an opportunity to be
considerably
>more legitimate than it is now.

I think Joop has done a brilliant summary here and would suggest that
the above be included in any report if there is widespread agreement
with it.

DPF
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