[ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN's official at large organizing committee

[James Love]

I wonder what "appropriate mechanisms to minimize disruption during the
reform implementation process" means?

Jamie

 http://www.at-large.org/at-large-organizing-committee.htm

At-Large Organizing Committee

May 2002

(Members)
Purpose:  Guide and encourage bottom-up efforts to organize At-Large
mechanisms for meaningful, informed participation in ICANN by a full range
of Internet users as recommended in the ALSC report.

Composition:  The ALOC will include geographically diverse representative(s)
from At-Large structures built upon bottom-up, self-organized, local
Internet community institutions or existing organizations that involve and
represent individual Internet users on issues that fall within ICANN's
mission.  These structures should:

  a.. meet the general criteria of openness, participation, and
self-sustainability
  b.. engage in outreach to, and education of, individual Internet users
about ICANN and ICANN issues
  c.. involve individual Internet users, aggregate views, and identify
relevant Internet user priorities
  d.. work with other ICANN stakeholders to address issues and develop
positions on Internet policy issues that fall within ICANN's mission.
The ALOC also will include some volunteer members of the former At-Large
Study Committee (ALSC) and the NGO and Academic ICANN Study (NAIS) group to
help jump start activities.  ALSC members will bring a general knowledge of
At-Large and an understanding of the ALSC recommendations endorsed in part
by ICANN's Board, and the arguments and trade-offs that led to their
adoptions by the Committee. The NAIS group members will bring additional
perspectives on At-Large and a separate history of At-Large involvement. As
further At-Large structures are formed/identified, their representative(s)
will be invited to join the ALOC.

Activities:  The ALOC is intended to be a temporary, informal committee to
guide, encourage and help with preliminary At-Large organizing efforts.
Their work will be public, facilitated by Denise Michel, conducted primarily
via email and a website, and will focus on:

  a..  Conducting outreach, identifying individuals/groups worldwide
(individuals, academic institutions, businesses, non-commercial/consumer
groups, and other non-governmental organizations) interested in relevant
Internet user issues and At-Large organizing;
  b.. Managing surveys and discussions on specific relevant issues, as
determined by user indications of interest or ICANN's policy-making
activities.
  c.. Identifying common (and conflicting) objectives and interests relevant
to Internet users and ICANN's mission.
  d.. Establishing mechanisms for coordination and cooperation and policy
development among At-Large structures and with ICANN stakeholders, including
supporting the Board's directive on At-Large, which stated that "the Board
Committee on Restructuring, working in conjunction with the President and
staff, is instructed to ensure that their ongoing efforts at crafting a
blueprint for ICANN reform include (a) workable mechanisms and procedures
that enable meaningful opportunities for participation by the full range of
Internet users, including individuals, academic institutions, large and
small businesses, non-commercial entities (including consumer groups), and
other non-governmental organizations, (b) an appropriate role for those
interests in ICANN's coordinating and management structures, and (c)
appropriate mechanisms to minimize disruption during the reform
implementation process." (See
http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-14mar02.htm)
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