Re: [ga] Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency 22 January to 13 February 2010

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glen and all,

  No the most interest that has been expresed in a new constituency
for years now has been and Independant Registrants constituency.  Ergo
the information being provided here is historically and currently
incorrect.  


-----Original Message-----
>From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jan 24, 2010 12:00 PM
>To: "ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ga] Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO 
>Consumers Constituency 22 January to 13 February 2010
>
>
>Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers 
>Constituency
>
>Please note and take some time to submit comments before 13 February 2010!
>
>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22jan10-en.htm
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>22 January 2010
>The ongoing GNSO Improvements process has created significant community 
>interest in the formation of new GNSO constituencies. One of those proposals 
>is for a new Consumers Constituency. Proponents of the Consumers Constituency 
>originally submitted a New Constituency Petition and Charter to the ICANN 
>Board on 14 April 2009. A revised version of the proposal, responding to 
>several Board inquiries was submitted to the Board on 15 September 2009.
>
>The Structural Improvements Committee of the ICANN Board has directed the 
>Staff to post the revised (15 September) version of the proposed Consumers 
>Constituency Charter for community review and comment. All members of the 
>ICANN community and the public are now invited to review the petition and 
>charter of the Consumers Constituency and share comments with the Board 
>through 13 February 2009. 
>
>Background and Explanation: 
>
>In June 2008, the Board of Directors endorsed a series of recommendations on 
>how to improve the GNSO's structures and operations. One of the significant 
>drivers of those recommendations was an interest in maximizing participation 
>in the GNSO and its policy development processes. Among the various 
>recommendations endorsed by the Board was that ICANN take steps to clarify and 
>promote the option to self-form new constituencies. 
>
>The ICANN Bylaws provide that any group of individuals or entities may 
>petition the Board for recognition as a new or separate constituency, in 
>accordance with Section 5(4) of Article X. Such a petition must explain (1) 
>why "the addition of such a Constituency will improve the ability of the GNSO 
>to carry out its policy-development responsibilities" and (2) why "the 
>proposed new Constituency would adequately represent, on a global basis, the 
>stakeholders it seeks to represent." Despite those Bylaw provisions, it has 
>been many years since the organization has had formal requests for any new 
>GNSO constituencies. Since the Board action last June, however, the Board has 
>received four petitions for potential new GNSO Constituencies. In December, 
>the Board chose not to approve three of those proposals (see 
>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-09dec09-en.htm) and the 
>Consumers proposal is still under consideration. 
>
>The ICANN bylaws do not provide specific procedural guidance for how 
>interested parties should submit the petitions contemplated in Article X. 
>Mindful that explicit steps, formats, and/or processes for expansion would 
>take some time for the community to develop in the implementation of the 
>improvements recommendations, the Board directed ICANN Staff to provide the 
>community with some initial guidance, a structure and a specific procedural 
>path for potential new constituencies to follow. At its 1 October 2008 
>meeting, the Board acknowledged Staff's development of a "Notice of Intent" 
>document for potential new constituencies and directed Staff to develop a 
>formal petition and charter template to assist new constituency applicants in 
>satisfying the formative criteria (consistent with the ICANN Bylaws) to 
>facilitate the Board's evaluation of petitions to form new constituencies.
>
>The process subsequently developed by the Staff required interested groups to 
>first submit a Notice of Intent to Form a New Constituency (NOIF). The 
>proponents of the Consumers Constituency completed that first step on 28 
>February 2009. The second step of the process is development of a New 
>Constituency Petition and Charter. The proponent of the Consumers Constituency 
>completed that effort on 14 April 2009.
>
>In August 2009 the members of the ICANN Board developed a number of questions 
>regarding the proposal. In response to those inquiries the Consumer 
>Constituency proponents revised their original NOIF and updated their proposed 
>charter document on 15 September 2009. 
>
>Relevant Board Resolution, Bylaws and Constituency Submissions: 
>
>•Minutes of 1 October 2008 ICANN Board Meeting: 
>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01oct08.htm
>
>•ICANN Bylaws Article X, Section 5, Subsection 4: 
>http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm - X-5.1
>
>•Copies of the original and Revised Consumers Constituency Petition Documents 
>can be found at this web page: 
>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/newco-process-en.htm
>
>•Revised (15 Sept) Consumers Constituency NOIF; 
>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/consumers-constituency-noif-redacted-15sep09.pdf
>
>•Revised (15 Sept) Consumers Constituency Charter Document; 
>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/consumers-constituency-charter-15sep09.pdf
>
>•Public Comment Forum of this proceeding: 
>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201002-en.htm#newco
>The Process From Here: 
>
>At the end of this Public Comment Forum period, the ICANN Staff will provide a 
>summary/analysis of the comments submitted regarding the revised Consumers 
>Constituency petition and charter. That summary/analysis will be shared with 
>the community and the Board. The Board will ultimately make the decision on 
>whether to authorize the new constituency.
>
>It should be noted that the GNSO Improvements Report approved by the Board in 
>June 2008 has additional guidelines and recommendations for the ongoing 
>practices and processes of GNSO constituencies. This work is ongoing as part 
>of the GNSO Improvements implementation efforts being coordinated by the GNSO 
>Council (see http://gnso.icann.org/ and 
>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/).
>
>Deadline and How to Submit Comments: 
>
>The Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 22 January 2009 
>through 13 February 2010, and invites community comments on this matter.
>
>The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: 
>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201002-en.htm#newco
>
>To submit comments: consumers-constituency-petition@xxxxxxxxx
>
>To view comments: http://forum.icann.org/lists/consumers-constituency-petition/
>
>Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth
>
>Glen de Saint Géry
>GNSO Secretariat
>gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://gnso.icann.org
>
>
Concerned regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 294k members/stakeholders and growing, 
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