Q.A.1. Should ICANN require additional qualifications or at-large membership?
Ans.
Not at this time as the proposed system appears fair, simple and doable.Q.B.1.
At what point should membership registrations be considered to expire for purposes
of data verification?
Ans. The 30-day limit is fine.
Q.C.1. What means
of member-to-member communication should ICANN provide?
Ans. A secure (password
protected), Internet-based electronic mailing list for all At Large members is perhaps
the most desirable. Group messages can be mailed out to members and members may engage
in private communication.
Q.C.2. What policies should apply to the use of such
means of communication?
Ans. The policies should facilitate communications
among members, while ensuring the privacy of those communications.
Q.D.1. In general,
what should the nomination process be?
Ans. The process should be as open,
and as publicized, as possible.
Q.D.2. What nomination criteria should apply to
candidates for the At Large Council?
Ans. Nomination criteria could include
submitting to a Q&A about ICANN to get a sense of the candidate’s knowledge and inclinations.
Q.E.1.
Should the Board maintain the principle that the regional members of the At Large
Council be elected solely by the residents of the candidates' regions?
Ans.
Perhaps there could be a mix of regional and global candidates to equalize out the
concerns. The former would be voted on only by regional members, while the latter
would voted on globally.
Q.E.2. Should candidates for the At Large Council all
run globally, or should candidates choose between global and regional candidacies?
Ans.
See above Q.E.1. answer.
Q.E.3. Should members cast unweighted or preferential
ballots for At Large Council seats?
Ans. Yes, unweighted ballots would seem preferable.
Q.E.5.
Should individual ballots be made public?
Ans. Yes, as maintaining secret
ballots would server no apparent purpose.
Q.E.6. Should ICANN (or a trusted third
party) confidentially retain ballots to allow for independent verification of individual
votes?
Ans. Ballots can be “earmarked” by password encryption to avoid necessity
of encumbering the process.
Q.G.1. What avenues for campaigning should be made
available?
Ans. Use the Internet (mailing list, web pages for posting flyers…)
for campaigning.
Q.G.2. Should ICANN provide a forum in which members can post
comments on particular candidates?
Ans. This would be possible if the forum
were moderated to avoid radicalization of the hyperboles inherent in campaigning.
Q.G.3.
Should ICANN attempt to limit campaign expenditures? If so, how would ICANN monitor
and enforce the limitations?
Ans. Not enforceable so do not do it.
Q.I.1.
Should ICANN require that no more than half of the At Large Council members come
from any one geographic region?
Ans. Perhaps a system determined by the
percentage of Internet users in any one region…The higher the percentage, the more
members can come from that region.
Q.J.1. What should the duties of the At Large
Council be?
Ans. The At Large Council should be involved in discussing
and voting on issues. The Board could run the daily business as an “Executive Board,”
subject to involvement and approval of the Council.