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A RESPONSE AND MORE SUPPORT FOR THIS CHARTER!
- To: cyber-safety-petition@xxxxxxxxx
- Subject: A RESPONSE AND MORE SUPPORT FOR THIS CHARTER!
- From: CP80 Info <info@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:23:00 -0600
I am responding to the comments of Sanford Duryee, at
http://forum.icann.org/lists/cyber-safety-petition/msg00282.html.
Mr. Duryee refers to the CSC charter, section 2.2.1, providing for a
meeting of CSC members during ICANN public meetings.
There are many constituencies. Each of the separate constituencies has
its own internal meeting during ICANN events. Such meetings have been
part of the ICANN public meeting days for years. No ICANN policy
decisions are made at these individual meetings. Besides, the CSC
membership "reflect(s) the functional, geographic, and cultural
diversity of the Internet at all levels of policy development and
decision-making." See the member roster at
https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/ncsg-commons/attachments/cybersafety_constituency_proposed:20090323232038-0-23383/original/Membership%20Roster%20(23%20Mar%202009).pdf
Dr. Duryee also refer to subsection c., which permits the replacement
of a member of the executive committee “who prevents the execution of
tasks and duties required by this Charter."
The executive committee (EC) mentioned is the internal administrator of
just this constituency. The EC of the CSC must adhere to its own
charter. Each of many constituencies has its own EC that administer its
separate charter. Constituencies are like separate states, each of
which can send a representative to Congress.
Then representatives from each constituency come together in the GNSO
council. The councilors work together to establish working groups on
particular issues and drafting committees. They evaluate this work and
vote upon recommendations. The ICANN Board considers the
recommendations and makes a decision “applying documented policies
neutrally and objectively, with integrity and fairness."
For good or for ill, the ICANN model is already based on separate
constituencies representing different kinds of stakeholders. ICANN has
specifically requested the formation of many new constituencies as part
of the GNSO restructure. The CSC is only one of those. It will impose
no different financial burden and have no greater influence than any of
the other constituencies.
Next Mr. Duryee refers to section 5.1.2 (Ineligible Organizations) and
complains that commercial interests cannot be members of the CSC. The
CSC is within the non-commercial users’ house. There are also
commercial users’ constituencies, and suppliers’ constituencies,
etc. ICANN rules specifically prohibit commercial entities in the
non-commercial stakeholder house, no matter what our charter provides.
Finally, Mr. Duryee refers to section 9.1.1 (Recruiting Emphasis) and
suggests that, “The CSC intends to dominate ICANN with a membership
unable to fulfill the Corporation's mission, which is ‘related to ...
technical functions.’” First, there is no chance the CSC will
dominate anything. Second, these charter provisions have been reviewed
by ICANN staff and fall within the ambit of the intended restructure of
the GNSO.
Ralph Yarro
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