[wg-review] Proposal From Rod Dixon

["Danny Younger" <webmaster@babybows.com>]

Danny,

You may include my proposal in a posted list of proposals, perhaps. It seems
as if it might be best to integrate a couple of proposals or take the parts
we can find consensus on from each and use that to submit by April 16???

Rod


Rough Proposal B (submitted by R. Dixon)
     - Section I. Creation of objective criteria for the recognition and
continued existence of official constituencies (including those already in
     existence). A constituency exists to ensure that the DNSO meet its
obligation within ICANN to provide consensus-based policy advice and
recommendations. Upon application and a  showing of compliance with the
objective criteria, a self-organized group is automatically admitted as a
constituency of the DNSO by the Names Council.

     - Section II.

If the following objective criteria is used, two additional stakeholders
should be recognized immediately upon application as official constituencies
of the DNSO:

(1) the individual domain name holders constituency and (2) a small
businesses owners constituency.

            (A) Objective Criteria:
                1. The self-organized group must express a stated interest
and/or expertise in DNSO activities.
                 2. The self-organized group must maintain open access by
the Names Council to its membership list.
                 3. The self-organized group must show that it maintains a
membership of a certain and definite percentage of those who the group
states that it represents.
                 4. The self-organized group must maintain a web address or
some electronic communications method to recruit members or inform members
of DNSO activities.
                 5. The self-organized group must actively participate in
DNSO activities upon granting constituency status.
                 6. In its application for constituency membership, the
self-organized group must make a specific showing that the group's interests
are unrepresented in the existing

constituencies. This must be demonstrated by reference to:
                  (a) the group's unique focus or membership and;
                  (b) a recent DNSO activity for which the group's views or
positions were not considered or represented.

            (B) Membership ratio:
                   1. The self-organized group must submit a membership list
along with the application for constituency membership.
                   2. The self-organized group must make a specific showing
that the group's membership-to-constituency ratio at least 10:1.

     - Section III. There should be semi-yearly self-evaluations (subject to
Names Council

review) of each official constituency to ensure that the constituency
continues to meet the objective criteria of representation under section
II.a.

     - Section IV. Each constituency group shall elect three Names Council
members until which time the Names Council membership reaches or exceeds 42
members. At that time, the Names Council shall establish additional rules
allowing for a revolving Term limited  membership on the Names Council. Each
constituency shall select its three members when it is  their term period to
elect Names Council members.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Younger" <webmaster@babybows.com>
To: "Rod Dixon" <rodd@cyberspaces.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 9:02 AM
Subject: RE: [wg-review] A good start


Dear Rod,
     I thought that it would be a good idea to contact you now as (as we
are about 2 weeks away from the 16 April deadline for the Review WG).  We
could use some help on structural proposals at this point - we have had a
limited number of proposals thus far, and need to evaluate the relative
merits and
pitfalls of each set of ideas.  Your commentary would be of help to us.

Best regards,
Danny Younger






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