July 17, 2000, Amendments to Bylaws Concerning Membership, Section 5. Study of "At Large" Membership:
"Beginning immediately following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of the Corporation in 2000, the Corporation shall initiate a comprehensive study of the concept, structure and processes relating to an "At Large" membership for the Corporation. {It] shall be a "clean sheet" study -- meaning that previous decisions* and conclusions* regarding an "At Large" membership will be informative but not determinative, and that the study will start with no preconceptions as to a preferred outcome. The study shall include... whether the ICANN Board should include "At Large" Directors."
*previous decisions and conclusions:
December 17, 1998 ICANN Membership Advisory Committee Appointed to advise the ICANN board on the creation of an at-large membership structure.
October 29, 1999 ICANN Board Approves Bylaws Framework for At Large Membership
December 1, 1999 Membership Implementation Task Force Calls for Expressions of Interest
February 25, 2000 ICANN Launches Membership Web Site for Individual Internet Users
May 9, 2000 ICANN Creates At Large Election and Nominating Committees
May 19, 2000 At Large Election: Proposed Rules for Self-Nomination Process
... all these will be informative but not determinative -- this new study will start with no preconceptions as to a preferred outcome.
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Michael Sondow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday,
July 17, 2000 7:29 PM
To: IFWP
Cc: Domain Policy; AWPD
Subject: [awpd]
Re: ICANN Concludes Board Meeting in
Yokohama
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> At Large
Membership & Elections
>
> The Board finalized the process for
initial selection
> of five Directors by its At Large Membership.
Those
> Directors should be seated in time for ICANN's annual
>
meeting in Los Angeles on November 13-14, 2000.
> Following is the
election schedule adopted by the
> Board:
> * Nominations
by the Nominating Committee (now - July 31)
So long as there is an
ICANN-appointed nominating committee, there
can be no fair elections. Anyone
who has studied the mechanics of
the Soviet political structure knows the
ICANN Nominating Committee
for what it
is.
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Michael
Sondow
I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org
Tel.
(718)846-7482
Fax:
(603)754-8927
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