[bc-gnso] Question regarding "HOUSE" meeting on Saturday/: Comments on the v16 version of the draft Charter
Dear BC colleaguesLike some, I am headed to an airport for a 20+ hour flight
--arriving late on Friday night in Seoul.
Re CHARTER Changes: I have followed up and inserted my earlier ideas and
concepts into the version of v16 that has Sarah Deutsch's additions and
includes the additions of some of the association members.
I added back in the separate designation of a uniquely elected CSG
representative, as the primary CSG rep, backed up by an alternate of either the
Chair, or the V.C. of operations and finance.
I also added in some clarifications regarding fair and transparent treatment of
members who offer services as a core business. While these are often called
'consultants', for example, my own micro enterprise provides advice, strategy,
and in some cases, what are called 'general consulting services'. We have had a
tendency to have a category called consultants, which probably isn't necessary,
unless we are seeking to recruit individuals who may not have incorporated
businesses. Sole proprietatorships may be a category. Many constituencies do
not allow individual members. I am not clear from the charter on whether the
BC does, or not, or whether we require all members to be incorporated as either
a business, or trade association, or law firm, service provider, etc.
The complexity of the changes embodied in the proposed charter are significant
and deserve to be discussed. The original charter, which I helped to draft in
2001 was MUCH simplier. I understand that the Board requires documents two
weeks in advance, and aren't expecting complex charter changes.
Since we can't have a formal vote that is inclusive of all members before the
end of the ICANN board meeting, and since the Board is discussing GNSO Reform
on Saturday and Sunday, I'm not clear on what our plan is regarding 1)
discussion of the charter 2) incorporation of proposed changes that are still
coming in 3) establishing a voting schedule 4) holding elections to replace
offices who are term limited, etc.
Separately, I understand that there is a 'house meeting' on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Can the BC officers post the proposed agenda for that to the BC members?
It would also be good to have a 'huddle' of BC members with the officers before
the "house" meeting -- perhaps at 8 a.m.? Is that feasible?
I arrive too late Friday evening to participate in a meeting, but can be
available as of 7 a.m. on Saturday.
Marilyn Cade
From: marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: randerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Clarification as to which draft Charter to comment upon
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:50:46 -0400
et me first respond to Sarah's suggestion about some of what was in the marked
up version of the Current BC Charter. I'll look at what Sarah did, and then
comment on top of her comments on what is being called v.16. That won't happen
until early Thursday, since I'm crashing on work related to broader ICANN
comments re the meta issues of accountability, etc. That way, Sarah's
comments, my comments will all be in 'version v.16'. I think we have to try to
have coherent and thoughtful discussions about some of these issues and they
can't take place on the fly, or under a crisis time frame, or without the full
ability of a broad and diverse group of members to participate. Perhaps all of
us can come away from the Seoul meeting with a better and broader understanding
about schedules with a better understanding of how the GNSO restructuring is
progressing, and what flexibility there is.
Subject: [bc-gnso] Clarification as to which draft Charter to comment upon
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:52:24 -0600
From: RAnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
I am concerned about the point regarding the same companies and even
individuals participating in multiple constutuencies
("On a related topic, we think it is important to delete the section on
"divisional separation" as many BC members, large and small, have limited
resources and should have the flexibility to have the same person or
overlapping persons representing them on different constituencies.")
In my view we are going ever deeper down the wrong path here. The premise of
ICANN's multiple constituency structure is to afford different voices a method
to be heard, and to share knowledge, expertise and perspective with like-minded
peers along with participating in the broader community. But the morphing of
this into the idea that the same organization or even person can wear mutliple
hats and participate as a registrar or registry one day and a user the next,
this seems wrong to me and at odds with the premise.
Can we not find of way of permitting people to sit in and contribute up to a
point in various constituencies - in the interests of cross-fertilization and
acknowledging that the same organization can have different activities - while
at the same time requiring each member organization to declare one or another
area as their principle interest vis-a-vis ICANN and that that constituency is
the place where they have full membership and voting etc?
Thus will get somewhat easier if/when we ever actually get on with creating the
commercial group, but in the meantime, let's not more deeply embed a bad
practice.
cheers/Rick
Rick Anderson
EVP, InterBorder Holdings Ltd
email: randerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cell: (403) 830-1798
From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
To: HASSAN Ayesha ; BC Secretariat ; BC gnso
Sent: Wed Oct 21 10:00:55 2009
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Clarification as to which draft Charter to comment upon
All,
I
would like to suggest some initial changes to version 16 of the draft charter,
which includes the good change Ayesha
inserted below. On a related
topic, we think it is important to delete the section on
"divisional separation" as
many BC members, large and
small, have limited resources and should have the flexibility to have the same
person
or overlapping persons representing them on different constituencies.
You'll see a number of other edits, including those
that soften the tone of the charter,
focusing more on reasonable practices and less on sanctions. For
example, although I understand the intent behind the "solidarity clause," the
language about "remaining faithful to approved positions" is too vague and
sounds somewhat totalitarian. Both companies and individuals' positions can
change. I don't think we need this language in light of the other language
in the charter on expected standards of
behavior.
I also made changes to clarify that the
Consitutency as a whole should decide which issues are priority policy
issues. The role of the vice chair for policy should more
reasonably be to coordinate with members as to which policies are
priorities, not to make those decisions unilaterally. Finally, I
deleted the provision about compliance with "prevailing privacy laws" since
there are literally thousands of laws and regulations around the world
and no one BC member can reasonably be expected to know them all. The
language requiring general compliance with the care of personal data should
be sufficient.
Note that all of
these are initial proposed changes to this document only. I also liked the
draft charter that Marilyn posted earlier and saw it as largely
non-controversial. If it is not feasible to work off the many good
suggestions in her draft, Marilyn should be provided with the opportunity
to insert the best aspects of that document into the current draft for further
consideration.
Sarah
Sarah B.
Deutsch
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Verizon
Communications
Phone: 703-351-3044
Fax:
703-351-3670
sarah.b.deutsch@xxxxxxxxxxx
From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of HASSAN
Ayesha
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:14 AM
To: BC
Secretariat; BC gnso
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Clarification as to which
draft Charter to comment upon
Dear
colleagues,
I would like to suggest the addition
of clear language in 3.3.2 to ensure that business associations like ICC and
others who have members who belong to other ICANN constituencies are not
excluded from BC membership because of the range of their membership. See
suggested addition below in yellow highlighting and underlined. Text to this
effect would ensure that business organizations like ICC, USCIB and others can
remain BC members.
Best
regards,
Ayesha
3.3. Membership Criteria
3.3.1 In keeping with the selective membership criteria
of other GNSO constituencies, the Business Constituency represents the
interests
of a specific sector of Internet users. The purpose of the Constituency is to
represent the interests of businesses described in Article
3.1.
3.3.2 To avoid conflicts of interest this excludes: not
for profit entities excepting trade associations representing for profit
entities; entities whose prime business is a registry, registry operator,
prospective registry, registrar, reseller, other domain name supplier
interests,
or similar; other groups whose interests may not be aligned with business users
described in Article 3.1. Trade associations
whose members may also include companies/associations that belong to or could
belong to any of the other ICANN constituencies are not excluded from BC
membership.
From:
owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BC
Secretariat
Sent: mercredi 21 octobre 2009
11:19
To: BC gnso
Subject: [bc-gnso] Clarification as to
which draft Charter to comment upon
Posted on behalf of the BC
Officers
Dear Members,
Consequent to some queries regarding which draft of the
Charter members should comment upon. For clarification and to save the
little time left in terms of the Charter submission please note that the
Charter
under discussion and for comments is the ‘BC charter 2009 v16.doc’ which is
attached for members’ convenience.
BC Officers
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