Fwd: Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency 22 January to 13 February 2010
Robin Gross
robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG
Mon Jan 25 03:11:08 CET 2010
I'm sure the consumer groups who are members of NCSG would want to
weigh in on this proposal to create a consumer constituency. Too
bad none have been included in this staff initiative so far.
Best,
Robin
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: January 24, 2010 10:09:38 AM PST
> To: Avri Doria <avri at ACM.ORG>, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>,
> "rosemary.sinclair at atug.org.au" <rosemary.sinclair at atug.org.au>
> Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <gnso-secretariat at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: FW: Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form
> A New GNSO Consumers Constituency 22 January to 13 February 2010
>
> Dear Avri, Robin and Rosemary,
>
> FYI
> Thanks
> Glen
>
> Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO
> Consumers Constituency
> Please note and take some time to submit comments before 13
> February 2010!
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22jan10-en.htm
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> 22 January 2010
> The ongoing GNSO Improvements process has created significant
> community interest in the formation of new GNSO constituencies. One
> of those proposals is for a new Consumers Constituency. Proponents
> of the Consumers Constituency originally submitted a New
> Constituency Petition and Charter to the ICANN Board on 14 April
> 2009. A revised version of the proposal, responding to several
> Board inquiries was submitted to the Board on 15 September 2009.
>
> The Structural Improvements Committee of the ICANN Board has
> directed the Staff to post the revised (15 September) version of
> the proposed Consumers Constituency Charter for community review
> and comment. All members of the ICANN community and the public are
> now invited to review the petition and charter of the Consumers
> Constituency and share comments with the Board through 13 February
> 2009.
>
> Background and Explanation:
>
> In June 2008, the Board of Directors endorsed a series of
> recommendations on how to improve the GNSO's structures and
> operations. One of the significant drivers of those recommendations
> was an interest in maximizing participation in the GNSO and its
> policy development processes. Among the various recommendations
> endorsed by the Board was that ICANN take steps to clarify and
> promote the option to self-form new constituencies.
>
> The ICANN Bylaws provide that any group of individuals or entities
> may petition the Board for recognition as a new or separate
> constituency, in accordance with Section 5(4) of Article X. Such a
> petition must explain (1) why "the addition of such a Constituency
> will improve the ability of the GNSO to carry out its policy-
> development responsibilities" and (2) why "the proposed new
> Constituency would adequately represent, on a global basis, the
> stakeholders it seeks to represent." Despite those Bylaw
> provisions, it has been many years since the organization has had
> formal requests for any new GNSO constituencies. Since the Board
> action last June, however, the Board has received four petitions
> for potential new GNSO Constituencies. In December, the Board chose
> not to approve three of those proposals (see http://www.icann.org/
> en/minutes/prelim-report-09dec09-en.htm) and the Consumers proposal
> is still under consideration.
>
> The ICANN bylaws do not provide specific procedural guidance for
> how interested parties should submit the petitions contemplated in
> Article X. Mindful that explicit steps, formats, and/or processes
> for expansion would take some time for the community to develop in
> the implementation of the improvements recommendations, the Board
> directed ICANN Staff to provide the community with some initial
> guidance, a structure and a specific procedural path for potential
> new constituencies to follow. At its 1 October 2008 meeting, the
> Board acknowledged Staff's development of a "Notice of Intent"
> document for potential new constituencies and directed Staff to
> develop a formal petition and charter template to assist new
> constituency applicants in satisfying the formative criteria
> (consistent with the ICANN Bylaws) to facilitate the Board's
> evaluation of petitions to form new constituencies.
>
> The process subsequently developed by the Staff required interested
> groups to first submit a Notice of Intent to Form a New
> Constituency (NOIF). The proponents of the Consumers Constituency
> completed that first step on 28 February 2009. The second step of
> the process is development of a New Constituency Petition and
> Charter. The proponent of the Consumers Constituency completed that
> effort on 14 April 2009.
>
> In August 2009 the members of the ICANN Board developed a number of
> questions regarding the proposal. In response to those inquiries
> the Consumer Constituency proponents revised their original NOIF
> and updated their proposed charter document on 15 September 2009.
>
> Relevant Board Resolution, Bylaws and Constituency Submissions:
>
> •Minutes of 1 October 2008 ICANN Board Meeting: http://
> www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01oct08.htm
>
> •ICANN Bylaws Article X, Section 5, Subsection 4: http://
> www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm - X-5.1
>
> •Copies of the original and Revised Consumers Constituency
> Petition Documents can be found at this web page: http://
> gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/newco-process-en.htm
>
> •Revised (15 Sept) Consumers Constituency NOIF; http://
> gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/consumers-constituency-noif-
> redacted-15sep09.pdf
>
> •Revised (15 Sept) Consumers Constituency Charter Document; http://
> gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/consumers-constituency-
> charter-15sep09.pdf
>
> •Public Comment Forum of this proceeding: http://www.icann.org/en/
> public-comment/public-comment-201002-en.htm#newco
> The Process From Here:
>
> At the end of this Public Comment Forum period, the ICANN Staff
> will provide a summary/analysis of the comments submitted regarding
> the revised Consumers Constituency petition and charter. That
> summary/analysis will be shared with the community and the Board.
> The Board will ultimately make the decision on whether to authorize
> the new constituency.
>
> It should be noted that the GNSO Improvements Report approved by
> the Board in June 2008 has additional guidelines and
> recommendations for the ongoing practices and processes of GNSO
> constituencies. This work is ongoing as part of the GNSO
> Improvements implementation efforts being coordinated by the GNSO
> Council (see http://gnso.icann.org/ and http://gnso.icann.org/en/
> improvements/).
>
> Deadline and How to Submit Comments:
>
> The Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 22
> January 2009 through 13 February 2010, and invites community
> comments on this matter.
>
> The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: http://
> www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201002-en.htm#newco
>
> To submit comments: consumers-constituency-petition at icann.org
>
> To view comments: http://forum.icann.org/lists/consumers-
> constituency-petition/
>
> Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>
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