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Re: [ifwp] Re: Membership organization
Pete and all,
Pete Farmer wrote:
> Tony Rutkowski [mailto:amr@netmagic.com] wrote on Wednesday, September
> 02, 1998 at 2:28 PM:
> >Milton,
> >
> >>Supposed we accept the basic structure of the NSI draft but also
> >>designate ISOC as the organization through which membership is
> >>established for purposes of voting in the permanent board?
> >
> >Huh. What's wrong with the IFWP itself? That way, all
> >the major organizations are included. You need something
> >that's either individually or collectively neutral and
> >representative.
>
> The IFWP describes itself as an "ad hoc coalition" that "has come
> together to sponsor a framework of coordinated international meetings"
> to discuss life after the White Paper.
> It has a temporary purpose, only the rudiments of a charter, no
> governance structure beyond a steering committee, and no definition of
> membership. (Note: in saying this, I don't demean the good work it has
> done.)
>
> ISOC is a permanent organization with an established charter,
> governance, and membership definition.
Yes and it is the leadership, charter and the membership definition that is
the problem withhaving the ISOC as the basis for the stakeholder membership that
is outlined in the
White Paper that is the problem with using the ISOC for that purpose.
>
>
> Using ISOC membership as the basis for voting on the permanent board is
> not a bad idea.
Well as we have already stated and many others have as well many times,
werespectfully disagree with you on this point Pete. All ot the internet
users are already members of the NewCo.
>
>
> Still, I think that the proposal to go to Magaziner should "punt" on
> this issue, and simply establish a timetable for determining voting
> qualificiations and an election process, rather than try to determine
> those right now.
Most likely correct Pete. As we have done on several other occasions,we have
offered a "Outline Plan" to accommodate this perceived need however.
(See attached text files).
>
>
> Pete
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Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
As time is short and getting shorter we had thought that
some more substantive suggestions or proposals for
consideration may be helpful for the upcoming Geneva
and Singapore Conferences so as to have a basic outline
or framework to work with and/or consider.
These may be considered as an outline for the Articles
of Incorporation for the NewCo.
==========================================================
Responsibilities and duties of the Interim/permanent board of
directors and committees/Councils For Internet Governance
as part of the IFWP process to create the "NewCo" which the
NTIA's White Paper mandates.
Preface:
This is really a collection of thoughts and ideas that I have
received through our channels as to what might be considered
the responsibilities and duties of the Interim board of directors
and committees/councils and should possible carry over onto the
permanent Board of Directors as well.
These duties and responsibilities should be codified within
the By-laws and charters of the respective Interim/permanent
board of directors and committees/councils.
Proposal: (Interim/permanent Board of directors)
1.) Appointment of the formation committees/councils for general
and temporary committees/Councils from time to time for very
specialized or specific Functions.
a.) Reston Conference Determined Committees/Councils.
1.) Names Committee/Council
a.)Structure and relationship to the new corporations
board.
1.) The structure of this committee/council should
determined by the Permanent Board of Directors
2.) Those serving on this committee/council should
be elected by the Stakeholders/Members at large.
3.) the Permanent Board of Directors should determine
the scope of their responsibilities for them to
determine a charter by which they should be
governed by.
4.) The Charter should stand review by the stakeholder/
members on a non-binding vote.
5.) Any resolution or amendment can be submitted
by any Stakeholder/member individual or
by class to the Names committee/council for
review and consideration. All such submissions
must be considered of equal importance regardless
of the source.
6.) Funding and detailed account report must be
sent to the permanent Board of Directors CFO's
office for review and approval.
7.) Any and all TLD names that are selected by
by this committee/council must be considered
final and voted upon by the Stakeholders/members
before entry into the Root structure. Time
frames for entry and under what conditions those
selected TLD's should be the Committees/councils
determination alone.
b.)Is council chair ex-officio board member?
1.) Answer: No. The Chair should report to the
Permanent Board of Directors AND the Stakeholders
and/or Membership at large on their findings and
or any resolutions/findings must be approved
and voted upon within a given amount of time.
That time must be determined by the Names
committee/council.
2.) Address and Protocol Committee/Council
a.) Relationship to the new corporations board
1.) Same relationship as with Names committee/council
(See above)
b.) Are council chairs ex-officio board members?
1.) No. Same as Names Committee/council (See above)
3.) Domain Names and Trademarks Committee/Council
a.) Processes for resolving controversial issues
1.) Should set minimum guidelines and preventative provisions
as deemed necessary and prudent. These should not
be far reaching.
2.) Should allow for multiple Mediation/Arbitration
organizations that meet these guidelines as
determined by this committee/council
b.)Relationship to the new corporations board
1.) Same relationship as with Names committee/council
(See above)
b.) Are council chairs ex-officio board members?
1.) No. Same as Names Committed/council (See above)
OTHER GENERAL ARTICLES FOR THE BYLAWS
AND INCORPORATION CHARTER.
(Interim/permanent BOD Principals)
2.) SHould have the powers to manage budgetary and operational
considerations and standards for the newly formed Registries
and registrars to be formed. We also would suggest here
that a few additional seats should be added to the
Permanent board of directors. Those being CFO, CIO, and
COO. The COO in particular should take from the appropriate
committees any standards and pass them on to the appropriate
entities to which they pertain too, but do not directly oversee
those activities on a daily basis except where they pertain to
the non-profit "NewCo" itself. The COO should also be responsible
for the day to day operations of an master registry that is
owned by the NewCo itself. This might be known as the ".", if
you should so choose to consider it as such. COO should take
his direction on matters dealing with operations of the
registries/registrars from the Names Committee/council.
3.) The Interim Board and the Permanent board should also be
open to any and all input from a multiple methods (E-Mail,
phone, and video conference) to the committees and any
and all stakeholders/members. This is paramount. The
Board Members must be answerable personally for their
conduct at all times and answerable for any employees
or contractors conduct as well. "The customer" or
"user" comes FIRST. This must also be true for
Committee members as well. We must remember that everyone
and every organization is a potential customer/stakeholder
or member.
4.) The Interim board should determine when and how many
annual organized conferences there should be every year.
(Suggestion: 2 in the US, 2 in Europe, and 2 in Asia).
they should strive for maximum participation and input.
(Suggestion: E-mail, Internet video conference, and phone
should be used to assure this maximum participation).
They should be planned on year in advance.
5.) The Interim board of directors should solicit multiple
funding methods. These methods should not be limited to
membership dues, nor charges for DN registrations, or
IP block allocations. They should seek donations
form whatever sources they can find. Tax deductible
status should be sought on any and all donations regardless
of type or organization form all countries involved.
6.) All communications that Board members have with any
individuals should be recorded when ever possible
and posted for stakeholder information and review.
This includes any E-Mails, private or otherwise,
video conferences, and phone conversations. They
should be provided on the GIAW and IFWP web sites
in the most expedient time frames possible and in multiple
formats. Text transcriptions should be a must.
7.) All Interim Board members or Permanent Board members
should receive a salary commensurate with their responsibilities.
they should also receive traveling expenses for all travel
via a Corporate Credit Card and expenses on such travel
should be made publicly available on the appropriate web sites
for stakeholder/member review. Salaries should be kept
confidential.
8.) Any and all assets that are of a public nature that any
Interim or Permanent Board member may hold must be placed
in a "Blind Trust" prior to accepting that Board seat
and for the duration of their tenior. This is to include
(Stocks, Bonds, or private shares of ownership in any other
company or corporation public or private).
9.) Interim Board members and Permanent Board members should not
be required to relocate or domiciled at any one location.
Facilities such as a PC with video confronting and IP
phone software as well as a standard phone should be
provided them to execute their duties. In addition
Palm tops or Laptops should also be provided with
like capabilities as well as cellular capability.
Each Interim/Permanent Board member should have a
published 800# for contact.
II. Committee/councils Duties/Mandates/responsibilities
(Pick your own term here)
1.) All committees/councils should be delegated responsibilities
by the interim board or Permanent Board of Directors
and a charter for those committees should be than determined
with respect to their Duties/Mandates/responsibilities and
clearly and concisely stated in that charter. This charter
for each or any Council/Committee must than be approved
in its entirety by Stakeholer/Member Vote.
2.) All committees/councils should have from between 5 to 7
members respectively.
3.) All committees/councils should determine their own staff
and financial requirements permanent to their charter
and suggest or recommend a budget to the Interim or
Permanent Board of Directors for their approval and
dispersement. This should be their first course
of action and have a deadline for compellation in their
charter. ( any an all extensions must be approved
by special stakeholder Vote and than approved by the
interim/Permanent Board of Directors).
4.) All committees/councils should be paid a salary
commensurate with their responsibilities and responsibilities.
They should set salaries for staff assistants as well which
should be approved by the Interim/Permanent Board Of Directors.
5.) All committees/councils should serve no longer than
a two year term and only two consecutive terms should
be allowed. Some committees should have shorter terms
based on charter requirements set by the Interim/Permanent
board of directors. (Special Committees).
6.) All committees/councils should submit progress reports
in very great detail to the Interim/Permanent Board of
directors. THese reports should be posted for Stakeholder/
member review and comment.
7.) All committees/councils should have the ability to
appoint under specific contract any company or organization
for technical review or operational review any
aspects of their mandated charter on an as needed basis.
this should be done on a cost plus 10% basis at most and
cost recovery basis at best. This may apply for implementation
or standards setting purposes as well where outlined in
the Committees/Councils charter.
8.) All committees/councils charters should have the ability
to mandate to the IANA and the IETF or any other existing
Internet group to which the charter should include
in its language for the purposes of allocation of critical
Internet resources or Protocols use or integration
for standards and practices purposes. All corporations
should be required to comply to the findings of these
Committees/Councils to be able to continue as a Internet
member under the current Internet structure under the threat
of removal of their DN's or IP addresses/blocks from the current
or any future structure. This is the one and only
direct power that the Committee should have. THere
should be a time period determined for which these
companies or organizations have to comply. That
time frame should be as short as possible.
9.) All committees/councils should should receive a salary
commensurate with their responsibilities.
they should also receive traveling expenses for all travel
via a Corporate Credit Card and expenses on such travel
should be made publicly available on the appropriate web sites
for stakeholder/member review. Salaries should be kept
confidential.
10.) All committees/councils should not be required to
relocate or domiciled at any one location.
Facilities such as a PC with video confronting and IP
phone software as well as a standard phone should be
provided them to execute their duties. In addition
Palm tops or Laptops should also be provided with
like capabilities as well as cellular capability.
In addition all committees/councils should be provided
800# service for each member and/or staff assistant
as determined by that committee/council.
11.) All committees/councils should provide as many methods of
input from the stakeholder/member community as possible
directly to the individual Committee/council members.
(E-Mail, VIdeo conferencing, and Phone). Transcripts
or archives of those discussions should be made
available on the appropriate web sites for public review.
All phone-mails or E-mails must be responded to personally
from committee/council members within a 24 hour period
unless they are on vacation, or ill. There should be
no set working hours for Committee/Council members.
Setting up structure for Interim/Permanent Board, Stakeholder
membership and Committee selection/elections. (An outline)
Preface:
On of the things that needs to be done very quickly
before the Sept 30 drop dead date is to get the Interim
Board of Directors determined. I have outlined ONE
method in which this might be achieved.
1.) Premises/requirements(membership)
a.) All internet Users and domain name holders are
stakeholders. In other words every netzin is
a stakeholder/member by default.
1.) There may be many classes of stakeholders
defined. These definitions should be
determined by a Stakeholder/member approved
committee/council and approved by the interim/permanent
Board of Directors.
2.) For the purposes of definition it is helpful as to what
powers that a member/Stakeholder has as part of the
new non-profit corporation. THese powers or responsibilities
should be defined as part of bylaws of the new non-profit
corporation and determined by the Stakeholders/Members
themselves.
3.) All classes of stakeholders are equal regardless
of affiliation or "Class" in which they may be
defined in terms of Voting or input.
b.) All stakeholders get one vote for the candidate
that is running for a board or council seat.
c.) Use the GP outline for Board members (15) for
Interim and permanent Board of Directors.
1.) All Interim or permanent Board members
should be voted upon by the Stakeholder/Members
at large regardless of the seat to which the
proposed candidates may be running for or
what constituancy they may come from or
represent.
d.) Elections are done in a perscribed time frame
(say 10 days)
e.) Anyone can run for a board seat withing the
constituencies/membership class in which they truly
represent. No other qualifications required.
f.) Elections are done online from several web sites
on a voluntary basis. (Exception: IFWP and GIAW
sites must carry an election application on those
sites.
g.) all candidates must submit to the Mailing lists
their reasons for running, their qualifications,
and a brief statement of their positions on all
issues they feel they have a position on.
These candidates must submit position papers that
must also be posted on the IFPW and GIAW web sites
at a minimum. Any other sites that wish to carry
their positions can do so on a voluntary basis.
h.) All or any stakeholder may contact them via
private E-mail or posting to the list any questions
they have for those candidates Answers will
be posted to the appropriate E-Mail lists for
everyone to review. (time frame 10 days to complete)
i.) All votes will be tallied and posted on the GIAW and
the IFWP web sites. Any others that wish to also
carry this info on their web sites are invited
to do so. This will be achieved through the use
of an online voting application that requires a
singed digital certificate that must be supplied
via the IFWP/GIAW web sites free of charge. Any
other public interest Web sites may also on a voluntary
basis provide and these Singed Digital Certificates
or provide a link to where one can be obtained
"Free of charge" for the purposes of voting. The
Exact same voting application inclusive of any
resolutions that appear on the Electronic Ballot
must be provided completely by any volunteer web
sites.
j.) Limit of term is for 6 months for Interim Board
members.
k.) All interim/Permanent board members can also serve on
the permanent board but must stand re-election.
II.) VOTING MECHANISM
2.) How to accomplish Voting of Interim/permanent Board of Directors
and committee/council members.
a.) An application must be made available on the
GIAW and IFWP web sites. All other web sites
can carry this application if they choose to
to do so on a voluntary basis. If done, they must
provide/carry the exact same web voting application
in its entirety.
b.) This application will use the E-Mail address
(One per person) and a digital signature for
verification (Class 1 cert should be sufficient).
These Digital signatures must be provided free of
charge for this purpose initially.
III.) COMMITTEE/COUNCIL ELECTION PROCESS.
Committee/council members MEANS OF DETERMINING (Initial)
1.) Premises/requirnments
a.) Same requirements as for Interim/permanent Board of directors
except points (c, j, k).
b.) Must be elected by stakeholder/membership vote and serve in
that capacity as interim committee/council members or
permanent members pending election of the
permanent board of directors.
c.) Interim Board of Directors must call for a
new election of the Committee/council members 3 months
after taking their positions.
d.) No committee/council member can serve more than 2 consecutive
terms of 1 yr in length.
e.) All committees/council jointly determine the permanent
Board of directors length of term and number
of consecutive terms.
f.) For committee/Council
mandates for their charter, resolutions
must take the form of multiple resolutions and voted on by
the stakeholders/members at large in the form of
more than one resolution so as to provide choices
for the Stakeholder/Members.
Note to all:
This is just a thumbnail outline of the main points for
your consideration. I think personally that this is about
a fair and open a process that can be expected and
accomplished before the Sept 20 deadline. I welcome
any comments and/or modifications. But please bare
in mind that we must act very quickly as time is very
short.
Thank you for your time. >;)
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