Fw: [ALSC-Forum] NAIS Report Released

[Stefaan G.Verhulst]

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From: "Rob Courtney" <rob@cdt.org>
To: <forum@atlargestudy.org>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:05 AM
Subject: [ALSC-Forum] NAIS Report Released


> 
> To the ALSC-Forum:
> 
> The NGO and Academic ICANN Study (NAIS) has released its report on
> reforming ICANN to make it more responsive to the public interest,
> entitled, "ICANN, Legitimacy, and the Public Voice: How to Make
> Global Participation and Representation Work." The report is
> available in PDF at: http://www.naisproject.org/report/final/.
> 
> An Executive Summary of the report is also available, in both PDF and
> HTML forms. Translations of the Executive Summary (Spanish, French,
> and Chinese) are currently in production.
> 
> In brief, the NAIS report calls on ICANN to commit itself to
> including the public voice in three major areas:
> 
> * ICANN should maintain a broad, open At-Large Membership, accessible
> to any Internet user with an interest in ICANN's activities.
> 
> * The At-Large Membership must be provided with strong participatory
> mechanisms, to enable Members to have a persistent and continuing
> role in the dialogue and debate that are part of the ICANN policy
> process.
> 
> * The Membership must also be strongly represented at the Board level
> through the direct election of a number of At-Large Directors equal
> to the aggregate number of Directors selected by the Supporting
> Organizations.
> 
> The report discusses these principles in detail, and sets out a
> framework by which ICANN can fulfill them completely.
> 
> We look forward to the community's responses to this report. Please
> feel free to contact me or any member of the NAIS team with any
> questions or comments.
> 
> Rob Courtney
> 
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> 
> Rob Courtney
> Secretariat
> NGO and Academic ICANN Study
> http://www.naisproject.org/
> rob@naisproject.org
>