ICANN Must Account for its Math

[Robin Gross]

See the below ICANN staff prepared table regarding GNSO Council seats  
in the "new and improved" GNSO to be seated in Seoul.

Even before the CSG can hold its first election, 3 of its 6 GNSO  
Councilors will represent the United States.

ICANN is holding on tighter than ever to keep the developing world  
out of the policy development space, and since ICANN is run by the US  
Dept. of Commerce, it is no wonder that US business receives such  
preferential treatment above all over stakeholders.

Robin



GNSO Councilors
Term Expiration (Note 1)

Disposition

(Note 2)

Action Needed (Note 3)

Region

CSG:








   Philip Sheppard
2009*

[Note 4]





   Mike Rodenbaugh
2010

Continues



North America

   Zahid Jamil
2009

Term Ending

Election



   Tony Holmes
2009*

[Note 4]





   Tony Harris
2010

Continues



Latin America

   Greg Ruth
2010

Continues



North America

   Ute Decker
2009*

[Note 4]





   Cyril Chua
2009

Term Ending

Election



   Kristina Rosette
2010

Continues



North America










RySG:








   Chuck Gomes
2010

Continues



North America

   Jordi Iparraguirre
2009

Term Ending

Election



   Edmon Chung
2010

Continues



Asia Pacific










RrSG:








   Tim Ruiz
2009

Term Ending

Election



   Stéphane van Gelder
2010

Continues



Europe

   Adrian Kinderis
2009

Term Ending

Election












NCSG (Note 5):








   William Drake
2010

Continues



North America

   Mary Wong
2010

Continues



Asia Pacific

   Carlos Souza
2009

Term Ending

Election



   Councilor 4
--

Vacancy

Appointed



   Councilor 5
--

Vacancy

Appointed



   Councilor 6
--

Vacancy

Appointed












NCA (Note 6):








   Terry Davis
2010

Continues



North America

   Avri Doria
2009*

Term Ending

Appointed



   Olga Cavalli
2009

Term Ending

Appointed





On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Robin Gross wrote:

> According to the BC's website, 58% of the Business Constituency's  
> membership is based in a single country - the USA (28 of the 44  
> members).
>
> Not very representative of the global business community.  I guess  
> that is why they lobbied for and received the special exception  
> allowing them to elect all 6 of their GNSO councilors from only 2  
> geographic regions in their new charter.
>
> We have more members in different countries (48), than the entire  
> BC membership combined (44).
>
> But what do facts matter at ICANN?
>
> Robin
>
>
> On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Robin Gross wrote:
>
>> The Facts.
>>
>> Commercial Stakeholder Group Membership.
>> According to the Business Constituency's website, they have 44  
>> members.
>> According to the IPR Constituency's website, they have 18 members.
>> According to the ISP Constituency's website, (they don't publish  
>> membership lists and haven't had a post to their email list in  
>> 2009).  But, according the 2006 LSE Report (the last documented  
>> account of the ISP Constituency's membership, they have 42 members.
>>
>> So if we add the membership of these 3 commercial constituencies  
>> together, we get  total of 104 members in the Commercial  
>> Stakeholder Group, who will elect 6 GNSO Councilors.
>>
>> Contrast:
>> NCUC has 142 members but noncommercial users will not be allowed  
>> to elect any of our new GNSO Councilors on the claim that we are  
>> too small to deserve to elect all 6 GNSO Councilors.
>>
>> Did anyone from ICANN staff/SIC do any math before they ruled non- 
>> commercial users are too small to deserve to elect all 6 GNSO  
>> Councilors?
>>   NCSG membership = 142 members (allowed 3 elected representatives)
>>   CSG membership = 104 members (allowed 6 representatives)
>>
>> What was the decision-making process that led to ICANN's  
>> determination that noncommercial users are too small?  Seriously,  
>> we deserve to know how they arrived at that decision and upon what  
>> facts the decision was based - it is our elected representation  
>> that they are meddling with.  ICANN will have to answer this.
>>
>>
>> IP JUSTICE
>> Robin Gross, Executive Director
>> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
>> p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
>> w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> IP JUSTICE
> Robin Gross, Executive Director
> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
> p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
> w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org
>
>
>




IP JUSTICE
Robin Gross, Executive Director
1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org



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