IP: Independent study of ICANN's At Large membership

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:42:13 +0900
> To: dave () farber net
> From: Adam Peake <ajp () glocom ac jp>
> Subject: Independent study of ICANN's At Large membership
> Cc: izumi () anr org
>
> Dave, perhaps you could post to IP?  (Izumi and I are members of the NAIS 
> team. 140 page report - hard work!)
>
> See you in couple weeks,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> > The NGO and Academic ICANN Study (NAIS) has released its report on
> > reforming ICANN to make it more responsive to the public interest,
> > entitled, "ICANN, Legitimacy, and the Public Voice: How to Make
> > Global Participation and Representation Work." The report is
> > available in PDF at: http://www.naisproject.org/report/final/.
> >
> > An Executive Summary of the report is also available, in both PDF and
> > HTML forms. Translations of the Executive Summary (Spanish, French,
> > and Chinese) are currently in production.
> >
> > In brief, the NAIS report calls on ICANN to commit itself to
> > including the public voice in three major areas:
> >
> > * ICANN should maintain a broad, open At-Large Membership, accessible
> > to any Internet user with an interest in ICANN's activities.
> >
> > * The At-Large Membership must be provided with strong participatory
> > mechanisms, to enable Members to have a persistent and continuing
> > role in the dialogue and debate that are part of the ICANN policy
> > process.
> >
> > * The Membership must also be strongly represented at the Board level
> > through the direct election of a number of At-Large Directors equal
> > to the aggregate number of Directors selected by the Supporting
> > Organizations.
> >
> > The report discusses these principles in detail, and sets out a
> > framework by which ICANN can fulfill them completely.
> >
> > We look forward to the community's responses to this report. Please
> > feel free to contact me or any member of the NAIS team with any
> > questions or comments.
> >
> > Rob Courtney
> >
> > --
> > --
> >
> > Rob Courtney
> > Secretariat
> > NGO and Academic ICANN Study
> > http://www.naisproject.org/
> > rob () naisproject org



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