At 3/15/02 03:25 PM, Richard J. Sexton wrote: >At 01:05 PM 3/15/02 -0700, you wrote: > >What's people's take on the new "at large" > >positions at ICANN? Are they real or > >Memorex.
Agreed. It reminds me of all of the time we wasted trying to build a fair DNSO: Jay. At 2/5/99 09:51 PM, Jay Fenello wrote: >February 5, 1999 > >Memorandum for the ICANN Board and the Internet/DNS Community > >On behalf of the undersigned, ORSC, AIP, and NSI respectfully submit the >attached draft proposal for the establishment of a Domain Name Supporting >Organization of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers >(ICANN). > >This draft (the "Paris Draft") was developed during a two-day session >involving participants from a wide range of regions and perspectives on >the DNSO formation process, including representatives of registries that >account for the vast majority of current registrations in the domain name >system and that service registrants in every region of the world. That >session began by comparing all the outstanding drafts from every source >(including, of course, many parties who were not at this meeting) and >discussing in detail the many good ideas contained in various drafts and >the significance of the differences between them. Subsequent discussions >with others who were not at the meeting have led to constructive plans for >exploring further refinements and seeking further endorsements. > >We have tried our best to incorporate into a coherent document the best >views of all who favor an open, transparent, bottom up process for the >evolution of policies and industry standards applicable to the DNS. We >have sought a structure that will ensure stability, encourage flexible >change over time, allow participation by all parties impacted by the >policy development process, and assure widespread implementation of the >new policies that develop through that process. We solicit and welcome any >and all comments and suggestions. > >We have sought in this draft proposal to accomplish the goals established >by ICANN's Articles and ByLaws, as initially articulated by the US >Government's White Paper and thereafter developed in the course of >extensive discussions among diverse stakeholders. The draft contemplates >that a new DNSO structure would be established by means of an amendment to >ICANN's ByLaws, to function as a distinct but integrated part of the ICANN >process. Integration of the DNSO into ICANN both simplifies the >organizational questions (avoiding the need for a separate board and >corporate officers and staff, fund collection and additional fiscal >controls) and assures that DNSO will function to serve ICANN's goals and >will comply with ICANN's Articles and ByLaws. This approach also allows >more extensive and specific discussion of the particular processes by >which appropriate expertise and the perspectives of impacted parties may >be brought to bear on these complex and dynamic issues. > >The draft provides for an open DNSO membership that may self-organize into >various constituencies, which may be adjusted from time to time. The >constituencies would select a regionally diverse Names Council, the role >of which will be to facilitate and recognize the emergence of consensus >among the membership as a whole (acting through both a General Assembly >and various Research Committees established to study and report on >specific issues). The draft intentionally rejects a "representational" >model that would empower a small group of Name Council members to adopt or >reject recommendations to be forwarded to ICANN. Instead, it seeks to >assure true, bottom up and widespread consensus > >(1) by calling for expert and diverse participation in production of reports, >(2) by submitting reports to the General Assembly for comment and >ratification, >(3) by allowing any adversely impacted constituencies to request fair >hearings, and >(4) by requiring that a full report of the policy research and development >process (not just the report of a majority vote of a top down governing >body) be forward to the ICANN Board for its review once the Names Council >judges that general consensus has been achieved. > >The draft further seeks to assure the enforceability of policies >ultimately adopted by ICANN and to encourage those who must implement any >policies to enter into contractual relationships with ICANN that will make >that result achievable. In particular, it lays the groundwork for >contracts between ICANN and registries that could require the registries, >who must implement most policies and flow them down to registrars and >registrants, to implement policies with which they might disagree -- >provided such policies have been accepted and will be implemented by most >other registries. The mechanism designed to achieve this result, the >"implementation preview", allows a mechanism that would prevent any small >group of registries that have entered into a contract with ICANN from >vetoing or ignoring the consensus policies DNSO and ICANN develop. It is >designed to encourage all registries to enter into contracts with ICANN, >in order to participate in the implementation preview process. This >process applies only to policies the registries must implement (e.g., >those that alter their business operations or contractual relationships >with third parties) and does not apply to other policies that do not >require registry implementation (including, as a key example, ICANN's >decision to add additional TLDs to its authoritative root server). In >short, by preventing the adoption of futile policies that cannot be >enforced by means of contracts between ICANN and a wide range of >registries, and by giving registries an incentive to participate in the >ICANN process, the draft proposal is intended to make ICANN's policy >development effective. > >Any proposal of this type must seek a balance between fairness and >closure, between openness and efficiency, between analytical expertise and >politics, between structure and flexibility, and between simplicity and >the need to assure participants that they will have an appropriate voice >and vote. The draft seeks to encourage participation by providing that all >processes of the DNSO should be conducted online, to the maximum extent >feasible, so as to avoid capture by those who can afford to attend in >person meetings. It allows detailed study of complex issues by experts, >but also requires a broad-based and open membership to accept the results >of those studies. It requires constituencies to demonstrate substantial >support among the membership as a condition to selection of the Name >Council membership, but it allows new constituencies to form over time, >assures disaffected parties an opportunity to present their views to >neutral fact finders, and submits any final recommendations to appropriate >review by all interested parties and those who must implement the results. >It prevents capture by prohibiting the formation of constituencies based >on religious, governmental, geographic or corporate affiliation. But it >seeks to assure both functional and geographic diversity within >constituencies, on research committees and on the administrative Names >Council, whose job it will be to frame issues, initiate focused >proceedings, and recognize the emergence of sufficient likelihood of >consensus so as to submit final proposals to the DNSO General Assembly and >ultimately to the ICANN Board. > >We will continue to solicit comments and suggestions (and endorsements) -- >and we have no doubt the draft is still capable of improvement. But we >believe that the attached Paris Draft is in its current form a vehicle >that might lead to trust -- one more step down the road towards even more >constructive engagement by all concerned with the substantive technical >and coordination issues that ICANN was established to address. The spirit >and hope of this draft is that the necessary trust will come not from >compromise resolution of contending claims for a limited number of seats >on a board that directly adopts policies by majority vote but, rather, >from transparent procedural provisions that allow presentation of all >viewpoints, reward wide participation in meaningful deliberation, and >encourage broad implementation of measures that have real consensus support. > >In light of the brief time between the final formulation of this draft and >the required submission date, we have not yet been able to contact all the >parties we expect shortly to submit endorsements. We will of course post >this draft publicly and update that posting to reflect additional >endorsements as they arrive. We will also contact others who may submit >drafts and seek to continue an open, constructive dialogue with all >concerned parties, aiming towards the goal of either a unified submission >before the scheduled ICANN Board meeting or an even more clear delineation >of any remaining issues. > >Comments and suggestions should be sent to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sincerely, > > Jay Fenello, ORSC > Paris Meeting Participant > > >Submitting Organizations: > > Einar Stefferud, > Chair, ORSC > Open Root Server Confederation > > Andrew Q. Kraft, MAIP > Executive Director, AIP > Association of Internet Professionals > > Donald N. Telage > Senior VP, NSI > Network Solutions, Inc. > > >Attendees of the Paris Meeting > > Antony Van Couvering > Bernard Turcotte > David Johnson > Don Tellage > Elisabeth Porteneuve > Fay Howard > Jay Fenello > Kilnam Chon > Oscar Robles-Garay > Roberto Guitano > > >Endorsing Registries > > .COM, .NET, .ORG (NSI) > .BI (Burundi) > .BR (Brazil) > .CD (Congo Democratic Republic) > .CG (Republic of Congo) > .DO (Dominican Republic) > .GF (French Guyana) > .GG (Guernsey) > .GP (Guadeloupe) > .GS (South Georgia) > .JE (Jersey) > .KZ (Kazakhstan) > .LC (Saint Lucia) > .MS (Montserrat) > .MX (Mexico) > .NU (Niue) > .PN (Pitcairn) > .PH (Philippines) > .RW (Rwanda) > .TC (Turk and Caicos) > .TF (French Southern Territories) > .TT (Trinidad and Tobago) > .VE (Venezuela) > .VG (British Virgin Islands) > > >Additional Endorsing Parties > > DNRC > DSo Internet Services > ICIIU > Image Online Design, Inc > ISP/C > > >=============================================================== > > >Paris Draft >February 4, 1999 > ><snip> +++ Jay Fenello, Internet Coaching http://www.Fenello.com ... 678-585-9765 http://www.YourWebPartner.com ... 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