[NA-Discuss] [At-Large] Report to the ICANN Board of Directors from WG onGNSOCouncil Restructuring

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Dominik and all,

  If the below outlined report is correct, than it is clear that
commercial
interests have a significant advantage and the majority of power in the
GNSO as Registries and Registrars are essentially commercial
entities/businesses.  Ergo no balance and essentially nothing has
changed in the GNSO other than the "Names" of the specific
representative groups.  Further there is NO Independent Registrant
representative in this proposed structure, and NO user-non-registrant
reoresentative/ALAC.

  So I will now predict that there will be no significant change in
the bahavior of Registries or Registrars and the abuses that have
been occuring with increasing frequency will continue with even
more increasing frequency.  I will also predict here and now that
with this proposed structure the IPC will get whatever it wants.

Dominik Filipp wrote:

> Cheryl,
>
> After having read the last WG output at
>
>
https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/alac/attachments/at_large_advisory_

>
committee:20080729041513-0-3574/files/FinalReport-GNSO-ImprovementsWG.pd

> f
>
> it seems like the proposed GNSO restructuralization could be as
follows
> (Attachment A)
>
> ------------------------------
> 2 houses - contracted and non-contracted
>            parties/constituencies, 2 parties
>            in each house
>
> House 1 - Contracted party house consists
>           of 2 (registry and registrar) constituencies
> House 2 - Non-contracted party house consists
>           of 2 (commercial and non-commercial)
>           parties/constituencies
>
> that is, 4 parties/constituencies in both the houses collectively.
>
> The GNSO Council (given that the lowest proposed number of members are

> considered)
>
> House 1
>   Registries     - 3 members
>   Registrars     - 3 members
>
> House 2
>   Commercial     - 5 members
>   Non-commercial - 5 members
>
> and also
>
> Equal number of votes between registries and registrars.
> Equal number of votes between commercial and non-commercial users.
> ------------------------------
>
> Do I understand the proposal correctly, Cheryl?
>
> If so, there is a question I could not find an answer to.
>
> Q: What is the proposed number of votes for each of the four GNSO
> Council parties?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dominik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> [mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
> Langdon-Orr
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:06 AM
> To: alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org
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> Subject: [At-Large] Report to the ICANN Board of Directors from WG on
> GNSOCouncil Restructuring
>
> At-Large.  please note that earlier today the ALAC Executive and our
> representative on this WG Alan Greenberg, met and discussed our desire

> to have a formal ALAC Statement to the Board on this matter.
>
>
>
> Please see our Wiki page
> https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee  to
find
> a link to the report of the WG  from this now completed process, and
> also under Announcements to find an short background piece from the
> report and  a note as to the mechanism for the ALAC to review our
> sub-committee and Rep statement appended to it, to be endorsed (in an
> expanded form if so desired) as an ALAC Statement to the Board.
>
>
>
> ALAC  this serves as the start of the 7 day  minimum notice required
for
> a formal vote to be taken (between meetings) on this matter and in the

> next 24hrs further background documents and proposed expansion of this

> statement will be posted and a Big Pulse vote be created for the
purpose
> of recording your views to 1. Endorse the proposed document an ALAC
> Statement, 2. Vote against the proposal or 3. Abstain.
>
>
>
> More in the next 24hrs.
>
>
>
> CLO
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