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[ga] Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency 22 January to 13 February 2010
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- Subject: [ga] Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency 22 January to 13 February 2010
- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:00:24 -0800
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
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