Violation of ICANN Bylaws (was Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] FYI)

[KathrynKL at aol.com]

Bill:
>From the beginning, Constituencies sought to make sure that the special 
balance established in the DNSO was maintained.  This cannot be done if one 
constituency is overrun by interests from another constituency.

The Commercial Constituency took the lead in defining who could vote, and who 
could not.  When I drafted the NCC Charter, I followed this lead -- because 
it made sense to do so.  Let me give you the Commercial Constituency's 
charter language:

"1. The following may become members of the Business Constituency: a. Any 
association representing or organization comprised of for-profit corporations 
whose primary goals include representation of the business and/or business 
development interests of their members, which may be individual companies or 
business associations/organizations. **[Special section ahead- KK] 
Associations or organizations whose specific goals are to represent of the 
interests of registries, registrars or ISPs or those whose specific interests 
are to defend the Intellectual Property rights of their associates cannot 
have full member status but may become observers. Observers do not have voice 
or voting rights and cannot serve in any representative capacity on behalf of 
the Business Constituency. ** "

Each constituency has its own voice and its own goals.  The NCC is unique in 
its representation of the noncommercial voice -- the only noncommercial voice 
in the DNSO.  

regards, kathy
ACM-IGP

Bill wrote: 
> "Section 3. THE CONSTITUENCIES
> (a) Each Constituency shall self-organize, and shall determine its own 
> criteria for participation, except that no individual or entity shall be 
> excluded from participation in a Constituency merely because of 
> participation in another Constituency ... "
> 
> By excluding someone from the right to vote, Dany is blocking 
> "participation" in this Constituency.
> 
> 





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