<div dir="auto">Thanks Andrei for the report.<div dir="auto">I am in agreement with Olivier and support the issues he raised concerning representation.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It has to be urgently corrected.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, 11:32 am Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Andrei,<br>
<br>
thank you for this. Whilst I usually completely agree with our
friends in SSAC, I am really surprised to read one specific comment
that is both technically wrong in the context of the ICANN Bylaws,
and also disenfranchises the At-Large community and the At-Large
Advisory Committee.<br>
<br>
Quoting from SSAC106, Section 2, Comments on RSSAC037:<br>
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<font color="#3366ff"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">The SSAC notes that Section 4 of RSSAC037,
listing the RSS stakeholders, does not make </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">explicit
mention of the Internet's user base. The reference to the ICANN
Community includes </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">ICANN's At Large Community, but there is a
distinction between the </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">collection of individual </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">Internet
users who participate in ICANN's policy development process and
the broader collection </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">of Internet users. The stability and security
of the Internet's name system is critical for all </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">Internet
users. RSSAC037 states: "The </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">stakeholders of the RSS
are the people, groups, and </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">organizations that have an
interest or concern in the proper operation of the RSS." It
would be </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">logical to consider how to include this
broader category of Internet users within the evolution of </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">the RSS's</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">
governance structures. This topic could be addressed in the
ongoing evolution of the </span></font><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><font color="#3366ff">RSS
governance processes.</font><br>
<br>
</span>Basically put: the ALAC, according the SSAC comment in
SSAC106, is a "collection of individual Internet users who
participate in ICANN's policy development process" and NOT "the
broader collection of Internet users".<br>
<br>
This is wrong, according to ICANN Bylaws:<br>
<br>
<font color="#3366ff">(i) The At-Large <abbr title="Advisory
Committee">Advisory Committee</abbr> ("<strong>At-Large <abbr title="Advisory Committee">Advisory Committee</abbr></strong>"
or "<strong><abbr title="At-Large Advisory Committee">ALAC</abbr></strong>")
is the primary organizational home within <abbr title="Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> for
individual Internet users. The role of the <abbr title="At-Large
Advisory Committee">ALAC</abbr> shall be to consider and provide
advice on the activities of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>, insofar as they relate
to the interests of individual Internet users. This includes
policies created through <abbr title="Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>'s <abbr title="Supporting Organizations">Supporting Organizations</abbr>,
as well as the many other issues for which community input and
advice is appropriate. The <abbr title="At-Large Advisory
Committee">ALAC</abbr>, which plays an important role in <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>'s accountability mechanisms, also
coordinates some of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>'s outreach to
individual Internet users.</font><br>
<br>
This disenfranchises the ALAC as it basically tags the ALAC as a
"collection of individual Internet users who participate in ICANN's
policy development process". Whilst I can imagine that some of the
members of the SAC might think the ALAC is a "collection", I am
very surprised that this type of language has gone through the
usually thorough SSAC processes. Otherwise, why have we built this
network of RALOs, ALSes, and individual members from around the
world for, if it was not to reach out to *all* Internet users out
there?<br>
<br>
I am really very surprised that this was let through.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
<br>
<div class="m_5203387833677819831moz-cite-prefix">On 09/08/2019 13:20, Andrei Kolesnikov
wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear colleagues, <br>
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<div>SSAC has published the document "SSAC 106: Comments on
Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System." with
comments and 4 recommendations. <br>
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<div><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-106-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-106-en.pdf</a></div>
<div>Also regular ALAC liaison report is available at <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/SSAC+Liaison+Reports" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/SSAC+Liaison+Reports</a></div>
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<div>Best regards, --andrei<br>
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