[ALAC] Proposed GNSO Council motion regarding user involvement in the GNSO.

[Alan Greenberg]

This is a proposed motion to be discussed at the 
GNSO meeting next Thursday.   Alan


>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:23:36 -0500
>From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes at verisign.com>
>Subject: [council]
>To: GNSO Council <council at gnso.icann.org>
>
>My apologies for being several hours late, but I 
>would like to make the motion that is attached 
>and copied below for consideration at our 29 Jan 
>meeting.  A second is welcome as are friendly amendments.
>
>Chuck
>
>GNSO Restructure – Motion re. Individual Users in the GNSO
>
>Whereas:
>    * On 11 December 2008, the ICANN Board 
> approved Resolution 2008-12-11-02 seeking a 
> recommendation on how to incorporate the 
> legitimate interests of individual Internet 
> users in the GNSO in constructive yet 
> non-duplicative ways and requesting that the 
> recommendation should be submitted no later 
> than 24 January 2009 for consideration by the Board.
>    * In an email message to the GNSO Council 
> list dated 20 January 2009, the ICANN Vice 
> President, Policy Development clarified that 
> the11 December Resolution is an effort to help 
> the Board identify a strategic solution that 
> balances ALAC/At-Large and GNSO opportunities 
> for all user and registrant stakeholders.
>    * The Working Group on GNSO Council 
> Restructuring Report sent to the ICANN Board of 
> Directors on 25 July 2008 recommended that the 
> Non-Contracted Party/User House would be open 
> to membership of all interested parties that 
> use or provide services for the Internet, with 
> the obvious exclusion of the contracted parties 
> and should explicitly not be restricted to 
> domain registrants as recommended by the BGC 
> and that such recommendation was made in 
> response to the suggestion of the ALAC Liaison to the Council.
>    * The GNSO Council Chair previously 
> contacted the ALAC Chair and the GNSO ALAC Liaison to discuss this topic.
>    * The potential members of the two GNSO 
> Council Non-Contracted Party Stakeholder Groups 
> have been tasked with submitting proposed 
> Stakeholder Group Charters to the ICANN Board 
> prior to the Board meeting on 6 March 2009.
>Resolve:
>    * The Council requests the GNSO Council ALAC 
> Liaison in consultation with the ALAC Chair to:
>        * Determine whether the ALAC and 
> At-Large community have any concerns with 
> regard to the recommendation that membership in 
> the Non-Contracted Party/User House would be 
> open to individual Internet users in addition 
> to domain name registrants and, if so, to 
> communicate those concerns to the GNSO Council as soon as practical
>        * Determine whether the ALAC and 
> At-Large community would like the GNSO to 
> identify some noncommercial user 
> representatives, especially individual users, 
> who would be willing to work with the ALAC and 
> At-Large community to develop a recommendation 
> regarding the Board’s request that could be 
> forwarded to the NCUC for their consideration 
> in developing a stakeholder group charter and 
> to the Board for action on GNSO improvement recommendations.
>        * Provide weekly progress reports to the 
> Council list regarding the above.
>    * The Council directs the Council Chair to:
>        * Apologize to the Board that it failed 
> to meet the Board established deadline of 24 January
>        * Inform the Board that the GNSO:
>            * Is awaiting information from the ALAC.
>            * Is willing in cooperation with 
> noncommercial users to identify noncommercial 
> user representatives, especially individual 
> users, who would be willing to work with the 
> ALAC and At-Large community to develop a recommendation.
>            * Will promptly consider next steps 
> and respond to the Board as quickly as possible 
> after requested information is received from 
> the ALAC as well any recommendation that may be 
> developed by the ALAC and At-Large community.