Re: [council] Motion on Individual Users in the GNSO.

["Anthony Harris" <harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With regards to involving individual
users, what about the IEEE ? I just
checked their website:
www.ieee.org

The members are individuals (engineering
professionals), and would appear to
qualify as "users" of the Internet?

Tony Harris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Stéphane Van Gelder" <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>; <avri@xxxxxxx>; 
"GNSO Council" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:37 PM
Subject: RE: [council] Motion on Individual Users in the GNSO.


> I recommend that we not make a huge issue out of this and simply identify 
> some individual users to work with the ALAC.  First of all, we do not have 
> time because, even with the Board extension, we have to provide any 
> recommendations by 20 February.  Secondly, the key is really to try and 
> develop some sound recommendations about how to involve individual users 
> in the GNSO without being duplicative with the ALAC.  If there are 
> individuals from anywhere in the GNSO that are available and willing to 
> contribute constructively to the work that the ALAC is doing in response 
> to the Board's request, volunteer, but do it quickly because the work is 
> already ongoing and will be over before we know it.
>
> Chuck
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:08 AM
> > To: avri@xxxxxxx; GNSO Council
> > Subject: Re: [council] Motion on Individual Users in the GNSO.
> >
> >
> > Two good questions.
> > If we are seeking ind. user representatives, it would be nice
> > to know that's what they actually are and that they do truly
> > represent the constituency they are claiming to represent.
> >
> > On the other hand, it is true that we could probably all
> > qualify as ind.
> > users.
> >
> > So the risk here is that the ind. user group becomes a kind
> > of "catch-all".
> >
> > Stéphane Van Gelder
> >
> >
> > Le 06/02/09 06:04, « Avri Doria » <avri@xxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 09:37 +0500, Zahid Jamil wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Would there be a need to justify that persons involved need to
> > >> represent an individual users perspective rather than overly
> > >> conflicting with other interests?
> > >>
> > >
> > > How does one do this?
> > >
> > > In some sense aren't we all individual users?  So would it
> > not be up
> > > to each volunteer to indicate whether they felt they could
> > represent
> > > the viewpoint of an individual user in this particular effort?
> > >
> > > a.
> > >