[ncdnhc-discuss] NCDNHC solicitation of candidate views

[Milton Mueller]

Dear prospective Board members: 
On behalf of the 3 Names Council members from the
Non-commercial constituency who will vote in the ICANN DNSO Board
election in September, we solicit your answers to the following questions.

Please respond to discuss at icann-ncc.org

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1. What do you think would be your most significant contribution to
the ICANN Board?

2. What is your most serious criticism of the performance of the
ICANN Board to date? 

3. As a Board member, which of the following issue-areas or problems 
would you see as the highest priority? (Please do NOT respond by saying 
"they are all important." We know that. We want to know your PRIORITIES. You may rank them in order of importance if you wish.)

   A. Structural-organizational issues (e.g., DNSO Review, SO formation,
       constituting the At-Large, dominance of ICANN policy-making by
       unelected management and staff)
   B. Supply industry regulation (registrar-registry relations, consumer
       protection from unauthorized account transfers, fair access to
       expired names, etc.
   C. Intellectual Property protection; e.g., UDRP, WIPO 2, WHOIS 
        access, making sure new TLDs are restricted, etc.
   D. Expansion of the name space. Rapid conclusion of
       existing contracts, rapid authorization of new TLDs.

4. Do you believe that the non-commercial constituency should be
deprived of a vote on the Names Council if it does not 
pay the DNSO $30,000 by the end of this year?

5. Do you believe the UDRP procedures are currently biased in 
favor of complainants and need to be reformed? Do you believe the 
substantive policy of the UDRP needs to be significantly changed? 
If so, how? 

6. Do you favor the addition of an individuals' constituency to the
DNSO? Do you favor any broad restructuring the DNSO constituency
structure or more limited reforms?

7. Do you favor the secession of the ccTLDS from the DNSO and
the creation of a separate country code SO? 

8.  Do you favor a public voice and representation on the board for the
community at large.  How would you define At Large?

9.  Do you think board members should be elected by direct vote or 
selected indirectly. Why?

10. Should board decisions continue to be made in private closed meetings
that are open to participation by certain privileged parties but not 
to the public for observation?