[At-Large] Following on from ATLAS for 2020

[Patricia Akello]

Thanks Wolfgang and Maureen for sharing that insightful information About
the history of this community and summarizing whatever transpired during
ATLASIII .

Very much appreciated.

Regards
Esther

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 06:54, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I am transferring the previous Board Selection discussion introduced by
> Wolfgang and continued by Natalia and Sebastian because I want to move onto
> another tangent more towards where I felt the discussion was heading. I
> guess this is my takeaway from ATLAS as the ALAC Chair.
>
> I really like the suggestion that we record the history of the development
> and history of At-Large and  Board seat 15 to explain how our structure and
> culture evolved. Where we came from is always an interesting topic and the
> videos that Jonathan shared in Montreal were a testament to where ATLAS
> started and how much it has changed already since its inception. Each event
> demonstrated a key focus which helped to initiate some change into the
> following 5 years of At-Large and subsequent inputs into the ICANN
> ecosystem.
>
> ATLAS III provided us with an opportunity to look at how we might operate
> at ICANN, regional and community levels to deliver the vision and mission
> of ICANN.
>
> Theoretically, we introduced many At-Large participants to how a more
> efficient and effective At-Large of the future could result from the
> development of more effective communicators of ICANN policy. We also
> learned of the importance of why we need to operate more efficiently within
> the ICANN ecosystem in  close collaboration with other core sections of the
> ICANN community
>
> ATLAS III provided us with an ideal springboard to direct more focus on
> what we need to do to create an At-Large of the future that is accepted  by
> other sections to be a fully contributing and valued partner within ICANN.
>
> My view is that this must start from RALO level. But we cannot expect all
> RALOs to do this in the same way. Each RALO is unique. They each have to
> look at what would be effective local culturally-relevant mechanisms and
> practices for their particular region that would engage more people at
> community level with ICANN's vision and mission.
>
> In order to do this, we need to ensure that RALO members have the
> appropriate resources; that those who are active and capable ATLAS
> Ambassadors can provide appropriate training and upskilling that will
> encourage and give more confidence for other potential At-Large
> participants in their regions and to interact with other ICANN participants
> within their own communities - registries and registrars, registrants and
> wanna-be registrants, regional I* organisations, cctld managers, government
> officials - to help build a more united ICANN of the future, starting at
> grassroots level.
>
> This may need the development of more national SIGs - Schools of ICANN
> governance. In fact, innovative and active ALSes whose own missions could
> easily incorporate such a focus could become the national hubs for these
> developments. Perhaps this could develop into an ICANN project taking into
> account other similar discussions that took place in Montreal with NASIG,
> Stakeholder Engagement and Communications presonnel.
>
> In this way we can more successfully infiltrate the needs and interests of
> end-users directly into the decision-making sections of ICANN from within
> our own  communities - the people we know best..
>
> For the short term however, in order to kick off our post-ATLAS activities
> following the normal ATLAS feedback activities, we still have unfinished
> business  remaining of the At-Large Review - Issue 2.
>
> We need more people discussing the issues that Alan raises in his draft
> document on ALS mobilization. Ideally these discussions should take place
> at RALO level and then representatives can take regional messages to Alan's
> working group.
>
> The aim will be on how we can attract, train, mobilise and communicate
> with individual ALS and unaffiliated members who are committed to being
> more active and engaged in  policy issues and discussions, and other
> At-Large activities, at whatever level they feel competent and comfortable
> - within their RALOs, At-Large or across the ICANN community. We already
> have partners ready to go in NPOC and the GAC
>
> Many thanks to Wolfgang for inspiring us further into this discussion
> about how we can contribute to the evolving multistakeholder model within
> ICANN.
>
> I still think that between them, Wolfgang and Sebastian could help to
> produce an ICANN Learn resource (including any photographs and video
> footage) on the evolution of At-Large and the Board selection process as
> preparation for a better understanding for all of us of where we have come
> from, so that, just as before we started ATLAS III, we can all contribute
> to a more informed discussion of where we should/could be in the future.
>
> In 2017, APRALO produced an eBook to celebrate its first 10 years
> <http://online.fliphtml5.com/rvce/fzjj/>, and it was an interesting look
> at leadership and change within the RALO. It would be great to read about
> other RALOs and their evolution and to keep that on our website for new
> people to read about what they will encounter in At-Large in their region..
> While it is a look at the past, it helps to shed some light on the path we
> will follow in order to evolve, at least for the next 10 years
>
> Maureen
>
>
> Natalia Filina via <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en>
> atlarge-lists.icann.org
> 10:53 AM (6 hours ago)
> to Wolfgang, Alan, at-large
> Dear Wolfgang,
> Many thanks for your interesting excursion into the history and evolution
> of our community as also for the fact that this story doesn`t  hide many
> sharp moments and your opinion.
>
> This story (seems to me) is a part of the prologue of guide-book for
> members,  newcomers of the community (in writing, but better the video, if
> you kindly agree to participate in this venture-).
>
> In my humble opinion and perhaps the time for strategic discussions has
> come now, just after ATLASIII, when the ranks of leaders have been enhanced
> with new faces, new blood, new ideas and new energy.
>
> And, as I may expect the paragraph 8 in your story (maybe in a half of
> upcoming year) may got the point about the grown role of ALAC in Evolving
> ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Natalia Filina
>
> Secretary of EURALO
> https://atlarge.icann.org/alses/euralo
> https://individualusers.org/
>
> Member of ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach and Engagement
>
> Officer of SIG IoT (ISOC)
>
>
> Wolfgang Kleinwächter via
> <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en>
> atlarge-lists.icann.org
> 1:45 AM (15 hours ago)
> to Kaili, Alan, at-large
> Hi,
>
> here is the full background story:
>
> 1. The original bylaws (1998) did reserve 9 voting seats for an undefined
> "At Large Membership". 9 other voting seats were reserved for three SOs
> (DNSO, ASO, PSO). Ine seat for the CEO. There was a "placeholder" in the
> bylaws because nobody knew, what "At Large" is. An "Membership Advisory
> Committee" (MAC) was formed in Singapore during the 1st ICANN meeting in
> February 1999 (with the Berkman Center/Jonathan Zittrain as the academic
> back up). The MAC had a meeting during the 2nd ICANN in Berlin, July 1999.
> It concluded to identify the At Large voting directors via elections in the
> year 2000. The whole project was seen as a pilot project for
> "cyberdemocracy" and a bigger role of civil society on Internet policy
> making. The elections were described as an "experiment". They were
> organized with the help of a "Membership Implementation Task Force" (MITF).
> As a first step, the plan was to elect five directors from the five ICANN
> regions. The election was an exciting but also irritating experience. It
> worked and the community (around 200 000 voters) elected five directors
> which took their seat at the 2000 Annual Meeting in LA.
>
> 2. The elections produced a lot of questions. To answer those questions,
> ICANN etsbalished an "At Large Study Group" (ALG), chaired by the former
> Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt. The recommendations of the
> Bildt-Committee were presented at the ICANN meeting in Montevideo,
> September 2001. The main receommendation was to allow only "domainname
> holder" to participate in the election to avoid a misuse and to have a
> higher level of "representation" by stakeholders. Nevertheless, the
> Bildt-Proposal produced a wave of criticism by civil society. Such an
> approach would have excluded, inter alia, students, which have an e-Mail
> address but no domain name. The domain name is owned by the university
> which woulkd have only one vote in the new proposed system. The comparison
> was made to the election system in the middle ages where only "landowners"
> had a right to vote. The decision was postponed to the LA Annual Meeting in
> November 2001. The day after the At Large discussion on Montevideo two
> planes crashed into the twin towers in NYC.
>
> 3. 9/11 changed the political environment for the development of ICANN.
> ICANN was not seen anymore as a project for "cyberdemocracy" but as a
> question for "cybersecurity". US senators came to the ICANN meeting in LA
> and aksed tough questions how it can be avoided that a "terrorist" get
> elected into the ICANN Board of Directors. LA 2001 became the starting
> point of the first ICANN reform process.
>
> 4. The ICANN reform process was completed within less than two years. It
> included a restructuring of ICANN. The DNSO was subdivided into the GNSO
> and the CNSO. The PSO was abolished and transformed into  "technical liason
> group". The elections of Voting At Large directors were abolished. Instaed
> of election a "selection" process was introduced through a new "Nomimation
> Committee" (NomCom). The NomCom got the right to "select" 8 voting
> directors in a process, strechted over three years (3:3:2). At Large was
> transfered into an "At Large Advisory Committee" (ALAC) with one non-voting
> liaison in the board. New structures with "recognized ALSs" and "RALOs",
> which had to sign a MoU with ICANN, were created. To compensate At Large
> for the loss of the nine voting directors, they got five seats in the
> NomCom. It was intended, that the NomCom will select directors which
> represent users/civil society.
>
> 5. After the reform was fixed into the new bylaws a lot of big supporters
> of the At Large, Election and Cyberdemocracy concept distanced themselves
> more or less from ICANN. Supporters of the new ALAC did not really
> represent anymore the big civil society NGOs. ALAC became something like a
> "Champions League without Champions". A nunber of civil society
> organisation moved within ICANN to the Non-Commercial User Organisation
> (NCUC), a constituency iwthin the GNSO. However, the RALOs were formed, the
> number of ALSs were growing and over the years, ALAC returned to became
> again a more recognized player in the ICANN family. The call for ALAC
> voting directors came back and culminated into the call for holding an "At
> Large Summit" (ATLAS). ATLAS 1 took place 2008 in Mexico. One sub-committee
> produced a resolution which called for two voting seats for ALAC. The Board
> recognized the legitimacy of such a call, however, the compromise was to
> change the non-voting ALAC liaison in the Board into a Voting Director,
> elected by the ALAC itself.
>
> 6. This is the situation which stands until now. In my eyes, ATLAS III
> (recently in Montreal) was a missed opportunity to have a more strategic
> oriented discussion about the role and future of At Large (user, civil
> society) in ICANN as a whole. This was also a missed opportunity to ask for
> a second voting seat in the Board. However, it was good to see that NCUC
> and ALAC entered into a more constructive and forward looking dialogue
> which ould lead to a stronger voice of the user/civil society stakeholder
> group within the empowered community.
>
> 7.  With the IANA transition and the emergence of the "empowered
> community" we have reached a new situation. However, this is not the end of
> the story. In my eyes there is a need for something like a Work Stream 3
> (WS3) which looks deeper into the existing structure of ICANN and how it
> matches the needs of the 2020s or whether a structural reform is needed to
> adjust it to the new challenges in a post-IANA transition period.  With
> other words, ATLAS IV (2024?) could re-introduce the call for a 2nd AT
> Large voting director.
> Best wishes
>
> Wolfgang
>
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Regards
Esther Patricia
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