Re: [ALSC-Forum] At-Large Organizing Committee

[James Love]

Denise, I agree with Karls comments regarding company unions.   Why don't we
use the existing at large members, who you have email addresses for, and let
them vote on some different ideas regarding how they want to run things.  We
could use this list to develop some competing ideas, and then have some
votes, and see what gets "bottom up" support.

Jamie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Denise Michel ALSC" <dmichel@atlargestudy.org>
To: <forum@atlargestudy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: [ALSC-Forum] At-Large Organizing Committee


>
> Here are the details on the proposed "At-Large Organizing Committee."  I
> will, of course, keep you apprised as the Committee is formed and begins
its
> work.  To help keep you updated on At-Large organizing efforts, a website,
> announce list, etc. will be established at www.at-large.org (not yet
> operational), and the mailing lists that are being compiled also will be
> used to distribute information.
>
> Denise Michel
> dmichel@atlargestudy.org
>
> At-Large Organizing Committee
>
> Purpose:  Guide and encourage bottom-up efforts to organize At-Large
> mechanisms for meaningful, informed participation in ICANN by a full range
> of Internet users as recommended in the ALSC report.
>
> Composition:  The ALOC will include geographically diverse
representative(s)
> from At-Large structures built upon bottom-up, self-organized, local
> Internet community institutions or existing organizations that involve and
> represent individual Internet users on issues that fall within ICANN's
> mission.  These structures should:
>
> - meet the general criteria of openness, participation, and
> self-sustainability
> - engage in outreach to, and education of, individual Internet users about
> ICANN and ICANN issues
> - involve individual Internet users, aggregate views, and identify
relevant
> Internet user priorities
> - work with other ICANN stakeholders to address issues and develop
positions
> on Internet policy issues that fall within ICANN's mission.
>
> The ALOC also will include some volunteer members of the former At-Large
> Study Committee (ALSC) and the former NGO and Academic ICANN Study (NAIS)
> group to help jump start activities.  ALSC members will bring a general
> knowledge of At-Large and an understanding of the ALSC recommendations
> endorsed in part by ICANN's Board, and the arguments and trade-offs that
led
> to their adoptions by the Committee. The NAIS group members will bring
> additional perspectives on At-Large and a separate history of At-Large
> involvement. As further At-Large structures are formed/identified, their
> representative(s) will be invited to join the ALOC.  For example,
> Icannatlarge.com, which recently elected an interim Steering Committee,
will
> be invited to have members on the ALOC.
>
> Activities:  The ALOC is intended to be a temporary, informal committee to
> guide, encourage and help with preliminary At-Large organizing efforts.
> Their work will be public, facilitated by Denise Michel, conducted
primarily
> via email and a website, and will focus on:
>
> . Conducting outreach, identifying individuals/groups worldwide
> (individuals, academic institutions, businesses, non-commercial/consumer
> groups, and other non-governmental organizations) interested in relevant
> Internet user issues and At-Large organizing;
>
> . Managing surveys and discussions on specific relevant issues, as
> determined by user indications of interest or ICANN's policy-making
> activities.
>
> . Identifying common (and conflicting) objectives and interests relevant
to
> Internet users and ICANN's mission.
>
> . Establishing mechanisms for coordination and cooperation and policy
> development among At-Large structures and with ICANN stakeholders,
including
> supporting the Board's directive on At-Large, which stated that "the Board
> Committee on Restructuring, working in conjunction with the President and
> staff, is instructed to ensure that their ongoing efforts at crafting a
> blueprint for ICANN reform include (a) workable mechanisms and procedures
> that enable meaningful opportunities for participation by the full range
of
> Internet users, including individuals, academic institutions, large and
> small businesses, non-commercial entities (including consumer groups), and
> other non-governmental organizations, (b) an appropriate role for those
> interests in ICANN's coordinating and management structures, and (c)
> appropriate mechanisms to minimize disruption during the reform
> implementation process." (See
> http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-14mar02.htm)
>
> Please email questions to dmichel@atlargestudy.org.
>
>
>
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