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[alac] FW: [alac-admin] note on bylaws

  • To: Interim ALAC <alac@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [alac] FW: [alac-admin] note on bylaws
  • From: Denise Michel <denisemichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:45:56 -0800

Reminder: please provide any comments or concerns you may have regarding the
draft ALAC statement on the proposed bylaws before 22 February.  (Erick's
requested change regarding the descriptionof LatinoamerICANN will be
included).

THanks.
Denise


>.................................................................
>
>The ALAC has had a limited amount of (email) discussion about the proposed
>bylaw changes. Although not all ALAC members have addressed this issues,
>those that have would like to leave the bylaw language concerning At-Large
>Structures and Regional At-Large Organizations as open as
>possible, with the
>understanding that details will be addressed in the RALO's MoUs with ICANN,
>and that the ALAC and ICANN will be responsible for ensuring that the MoU
>meets basic criteria for involving individual Internet users and advancing
>their interests within ICANN.
>
>While the ALAC wants to make clear and irrevocable that the RALOs and
>At-Large Structures represent the voices of individuals, not organizations,
>the Committee does not want a formalism in the bylaws to block
>participation
>of groups that genuinely represent individuals but also accept
>organizational/corporate members.  The ALAC acknowledges that
>ICANN needs to
>be mindful of two possible scenarios: an individuals-only policy
>blocks ISOC
>chapters and other individual participation, or lack of such a policy
>permits some company to "organize"  an At-Large Structure and capture its
>RALO.  The ALAC thinks the problem of preventing organizational capture
>should be left to the RALOs in the first instance; and that too detailed a
>policy may hamper the groups most effectively representing individuals.
>
>In addition to some ISOC chapters, there is concern that some of the groups
>listed below, which could be considered potential candidates for
>At-Large Structures, could not fully participate under the proposed bylaws
>(these are hypothetical expamples only):
>
>- Association for Internet Professionals (AIP)
>(http://www.association.org/)
>has both individual and corporate memberships
>- ISOC ECC  and CECUA have only organizational members and have asked to be
>included as At-Large Structures (although it is not clear why they should
>receive this delegation rather than each of their members being
>delegated an
>ALS)
>- www.stikom.edu and LatinoamerICANN
>(http://www.latinoamericann.derecho.org.ar/index.php) - provide individuals
>with news, education, and community discussion on issues relevant to
>At-Large, but do not have memberships
>- Arab Knowledge Management Society (www.akms.org) - non profit education
>service addressing "digital divide issues" with no memberships
>- Institute for Study of Information Tech and Society --
>http://communityconnections.heinz.cmu.edu/insites/about --  nonprofit group
>for teaching, research and public outreach on information
>technology policy,
>has corporate members/supporters
>- Consumers' Union/Consumer Policy Institute
>(http://www.consumersunion.org/aboutcu/about.htm) and EPIC (Electronic
>Privacy Information Center) (http://www.epic.org/) -- have some compatible
>objectives, involve individuals in their policy development and other
>activities, and could contribute to ICANN policy/issue debates, but are not
>membership organizations
>
>With this in mind, the ALAC is considering the following draft language:
>
>        (h) Each RALO shall be comprised of self-supporting At-Large
>        Structures within its Geographic Region, certified to meet
>        the requirements of the RALO's Memorandum of Understanding
>        with ICANN according to paragraph 4(i) of this Section.  If
>        so provided by its memorandum of understanding with ICANN, a
>        RALO may also have as its members individual Internet users
>        who are citizens or residents of countries within the RALO's
>        Geographic Region. Any RALO must, through its at-large
>        structures or through direct membership, be open for
>        participation of all individual Internet users who are
>        citizens or residents of countries within the RALO's
>        Geographic Region (as defined in Section 5 of Article VI).
>
>        (i) The ALAC is responsible for certifying organizations as
>        meeting the criteria and standards for At-Large Structures.
>        The criteria and standards for certification of At-Large
>        Structures within a each Geographic Region shall be
>        established by the Board and based on recommendations of the
>        ALAC, so that each RALO is afforded the type of structure
>        that best fits its Geographic Region's customs and
>        characteristics. Those criteria and standards shall be
>        stated in the Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and
>        the RALO for that Geographic Region. They shall ensure that
>        At-Large Structures appropriately represent and involve
>        individual Internet users who are citizens or residents of
>        the RALO's geographical region. Decisions to certify or
>        de-certify an At-Large Structure as meeting the applicable
>        criteria and standards shall require a 2/3 vote of all the
>        members of the ALAC and shall be subject to review according
>        to procedures the Board may establish. The ALAC may also
>        give advice as to whether a prospective At-Large Structure
>        meets the applicable criteria and standards.
>
>Please let us know if you need any further information or assistance.
>
>Vittorio Bertola
>ALAC Chair
>




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