Re: [wg-review] Fwd: ICANN Launches At Large Membership Study -- Carl Bildt to Chair Study Committee

[Derek Conant <dconant@dnsga.org>]

I take my hat off to ICANN here.  This appears to be a significant step in the right direction.  I will most
certainly do everything I can to support and foster this kind of initiative.

Derek Conant


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> >From icann-announce@icann.org Sat Jan 27 03:01 MET 2001
> From: icann-announce@icann.org
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:59:50 -0800
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> Subject:  [icann-announce] ICANN Launches At Large Membership Study -- Carl Bildt to Chair Study Committee
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> 26 January 2001 (Marina del Rey, CA, USA) - The Internet Corporation for
> Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that it was
> commencing a comprehensive study of the structure of its At Large
> membership. The study will be conducted by an At Large Membership Study
> Committee that will make recommendations to ICANN's Board of Directors
> on how individuals can effectively participate in ICANN's policy
> development, deliberations and actions for technical coordination of the
> Internet.
>
> Mr. Carl Bildt, the former Prime Minister of Sweden and noted United
> Nations envoy, will serve as Chair of the nine member Study Committee.
> An international statesman and information technology advisor, Bildt's
> current duties include Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the
> United Nations to the Balkans, Member of Parliament of Sweden, and
> Advisor and Board Member of several Internet and technology-related
> corporations.
>
> "The Board's approval of the Study Committee and Carl Bildt's selection
> as Chair is a demonstration of ICANN's commitment to finding an
> effective way for the perspectives of individuals in every country to be
> heard and given due consideration," said Vint Cerf, Chairman of the
> ICANN Board of Directors. "We are extremely fortunate to have someone
> with Carl Bildt's international consensus building experience to lead
> this critical effort."
>
> The Committee, which is chartered to seek input from all interested
> parties and to work toward a broad consensus on ICANN's At Large
> membership, will use multiple mechanisms for input, including public
> forums, mailing lists, and a public website. The Committee will
> encourage the participation of organizations and individuals worldwide,
> including the development of independent studies and analyses from
> across the global Internet's constituencies.
>
> "ICANN's actions affect the whole world's Internet users, and I look
> forward to the challenging task of forging a consensus on the best
> method for representing this ever-growing constituency," said Bildt.
> "This will be an international cooperative effort, and I am counting on
> the participation of a diversity of Internet stakeholders that have an
> interest in ICANN to help us deliver a workable solution."
>
> The Board invited Charles Costello and Pindar Wong to serve as the
> Committee's Vice-Chairs. Costello is director of the Carter Center's
> Democracy Program, and served as an outside monitor for ICANN's At Large
> elections held last year. Wong served as an ICANN Director and Vice
> Chairman of the Board during 1999-2000. He also is an active Internet
> policy leader in the Asia Pacific Region, and Chairman of VeriFi (Hong
> Kong) Ltd., an Internet infrastructure consultancy. The remaining
> members of the committee will be announced at a later date.
>
> ICANN also announced the appointment of Denise Michel as the Committee's
> Executive Director. Ms. Michel has extensive experience in both private
> and public sector technology policy development, having served
> previously on the staff of the U.S. National Science Foundation, the
> American Electronics Association and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
> >From 1993-95, she was Sr. Technology Advisor to the Secretary of
> Commerce, Mr. Ronald Brown.
>
> Following public comment, the Board also adopted a charter for the study
> to ensure a consistent base of expectations on the scope and details of
> the study committee's work. ICANN has posted the charter on its website
> at <http://www.icann.org/committees/at-large-study/charter-22jan01.htm>.
>
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