Re: [ga] Proposal: Establishing a Registrant Advisory Committee

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:59 a.m. 18/02/2008, Danny Younger wrote:

> Peter,
>
> I write to you prior to the upcoming budget cycle with
> a proposed solution to enhance ICANN efficiencies.
>
> The overarching goal of the ICANN structural and
> operational review cycle has been to ensure that the
> ICANN board receive the best possible qualitative and
> timely advice from members of the community on vexing
> issues that require an organizational response.
>
> While ICANN has numerous advisory committees and
> supporting organizations whose responsibilities
> include putting forth the general registrant interest
> as a part of their duties, the sad reality has been
> that immediate registrant concerns rarely find a
> dedicated organizational advocate to spearhead policy
> development activities.
>
> What is needed is an Advisory Body whose "sole focus"
> is upon the needs of the general registrant community
> whose funds support and drive the ICANN process.
>
> Accordingly, I ask you and your peers on the board to
> consider the establishment of a Registrant Advisory
> Committee.  The registrant community needs a strong
> advocate in their corner, and ICANN needs a continued
> focus on general registrant issues.
>
> You can make this happen, and ICANN will benefit from
> such a contribution.
>
> best regards,
> Danny Younger
Peter and Board Members,

FWIW, I support this call.

The "At Large" focus is too diluted and after 10 years it is time to give 
the end-Registrants their due as stakeholders.
Care needs to be taken that this body, if it is ever brought into 
existence, is not captured or sabotaged by the registration industry.

-joop-