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

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

Dominik and all my friends,

  I personally agree that more quantifiable input means are very
useful if managed properly and should be used much more than
they have been sense ICANN's conception.  ICANN has used
surveys to an extent with mixed accurate or perceived results.
These mediocre results have been pointed out before and the reasons
to same also have been articulated significantly and which pointed
directly to poor managment perhaps due to lack of staff and/or staff
expertise.

Dominik Filipp wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> once the registrant constituency and/or the registrant advisory
> committee come into being the similar problems will disappear.
> The GA can still remain a good place for deliberations and the source of
> public input out of which decisions will be formed. But just one of the
> sources, I guess. We should also have a more quantifiable input such as
> surveys, straw polls, etc.
>
> Dominik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jeffrey A. Williams
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:23 AM
> To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Proposal: Establishing a Registrant Advisory
> Committee
>
> Dominik and all,
>
>   I understand fully the problem, that being the GA is not an official
> body within the ICANN structure.  That needs to change!
> Some may believe that the ALAC is a replacement for the GA.
> I don't see it that way, I see the GA as the only place were at present,
> the Independant Registrants AND users have a voice, all be it no vote.
>
> Dominik Filipp wrote:
>
> > Jeff,
> >
> > yes, I also see the GA a good place for deliberations on registrant
> > constituency and other issues as well.
> > But there are two different things here you have to distinguish
> between.
> > Registrant constituency and/or advisory committee are official bodies
> > that have to be first identified and established within the ICANN
> > structures with all the power delegated, and as such have nothing to
> > do either with the GA or any other mailing list. The efforts here are
> > not about promoting the GA to be automatically incorporated into the
> > structure as is. The mentioned bodies have specific attributes and are
>
> > driven by respective bylaws totally different from those applied on
> > mailing lists. I just want to say that there is a big difference
> > between official bodies and mailing lists and that a mailing list
> > cannot be simply switched to an ICANN body.
> >
> > Another thing is that once such a constituency and/or committee will
> > be officially established and formed, people from the GA or other
> > mailing list or from anywhere else may be elected as official members,
>
> > or act as volunteers, participants, and so forth.
> >
> > Dominik
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Jeffrey A. Williams
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:35 PM
> > To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Peter Dengate Thrush; twomey@xxxxxxxxx; At-Large Worldwide
> > Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Proposal: Establishing a Registrant Advisory
> > Committee
> >
> > Dominik and all,
> >
> >   Agree here as well.  As is well known, our members have been
> > advocating for a Independent registrants constituency for several
> years.
> > In fact, we like to consider our organization as such.  We are not
> > however part of the ICANN constituency structure.  But I personally
> > fairly sure either our organization could be incorporated into the
> > ICANN Constituency structure/GNSO or would give serious consideration
> > to the formation of such as long as the rules for membership are not
> > overly restrictive.  Of course that is where the rubber meets the road
>
> > so to speak...
> >
> >   Further the GA is a good place to for the time being, discuss and
> > determine the details of such a Independent Registrants Constituency.
> >
> > Dominik Filipp wrote:
> >
> > > Chuck,
> > >
> > > agreed on all counts here. The Registrant Constituency is definitely
>
> > > the goal worth pursuing.
> > > As regards the details, we could start discussing this here on the
> > > GA and gain some support/knowledge from other people.
> > >
> > > Dominik
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:26 PM
> > > To: Dominik Filipp; Peter Dengate Thrush; Danny Younger
> > > Cc: twomey@xxxxxxxxx; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; At-Large Worldwide
> > > Subject: RE: [ga] Re: Proposal: Establishing a Registrant Advisory
> > > Committee
> > >
> > > I have always felt that registrant representation would be good but
> > > I have yet to see anyone come up with an effective way to make it
> > > happen
> >
> > > that results in broad representation of the registrant community.  I
>
> > > know I don't have to tell people on this list that the registrant
> > > population is hugely diverse and comes from all parts of the world.
> > >
> > > As we get closer to GNSO improvements that will likely give
> > > increased representation to individuals via the non-commercial
> > > stakeholder group, this would be an excellent time for people to
> > > develop and propose a workable way to create a registrant
> > > constituency that truly does represent a broad base of
> > > non-commercial, individual gTLD registrants around world.
> > >
> > > Chuck Gomes
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Dominik Filipp
> > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:33 AM
> > > To: Peter Dengate Thrush; Danny Younger
> > > Cc: twomey@xxxxxxxxx; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; At-Large Worldwide
> > > Subject: RE: [ga] Re: Proposal: Establishing a Registrant Advisory
> > > Committee
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Peter Dengate Thrush
> > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:46 AM
> > > To: Danny Younger
> > > Cc: twomey@xxxxxxxxx; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; At-Large Worldwide
> > > Subject: [ga] Re: Proposal: Establishing a Registrant Advisory
> > > Committee
> > >
> > > . . .
> > >
> > > >> 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.
> > > >>
> > >
> > > > This may be a useful development.
> > > > I should need to see it carefully distinguished, with advantages
> > > > and
> >
> > > > disadvantages laid out and contested between the current user
> > > > groups
> >
> > > > (Business and Non Commercial constituencies of GNSO), and the At
> > > > Large
> > >
> > > > I appreciate that registrants are not, as a group, necessarily a
> > > > subset of "user", or of At Large, as it includes the domaineers
> > > > who are registrants for trading and profit - is it their interests
>
> > > > in particular that you feel are not being served by the current
> > > > structure?
> > >
> > > In fact, we need more than just a Registrant Advisory Committee. We
> > > need a fully-fledged Registrant Constituency with all the voting
> > power. Why?
> > > For simple and logical reason. The Registrants stay on top of the
> > > financial chain generating income for ICANN. Without the need for
> > > domain names there would be no need for either Registries or
> > > Registrars or ISPs. Thus Registrants, though indirectly, is the very
>
> > > first gear wheel in the income machinery.
> > > The Registrant Constituency should have been the very first
> > > constituency established within the ICANN structures when ICANN was
> > > formed. And the most influential as it indeed deserves. Without such
>
> > > representation ICANN can barely hold its claim as being an advocate
> > > of
> >
> > > all internet users or stakeholders.
> > >
> > > . . .
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Dominik Filipp
> > >
> > > > You can make this happen, and ICANN will benefit from such a
> > > > contribution.
> > > >
> > > > best regards,
> > > > Danny Younger
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
> > Regards,
> >
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Regards,

Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 277k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is
very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS.
div. of Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail
jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Phone: 214-244-4827