Sep, 2001

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• Sep, 2001
• Montevideo, Uruguay
• ICANN, Legitimacy and The Public Voice
• Making Global Participation and Representation
  Work

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The Basis

• The Need for public participation and
  representation
  
• (Potential) Mission Technical/Policy
• Organisation Character Global/Private
• Good Governance Principle
• Legitimacy (and the future) of ICANN depends upon
  how the individual user will be represented
  
• Current Structures do not provide for adequate
  public participation and representation
  

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At Large Membership

• PRINCIPLES AND TASKS
• Global participation - an interface for the
  public to communicate
  
• Public representation - public voice within the
  decision making Board
  
• Accountability and Transparency - a watchdog over
  ICANN activities and policies

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The Public and ALM

• Stakeholders include the whole affected Internet
  community
  
• Public needs therefore to be defined broadly
  (inclusive approach)
  
• ALM comprised of interested and affected members
  of the public
  
• Cost of membership be borne by ICANN
• DNH fails the tests of inclusiveness, fairness,
  and functional diversity
  

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Global Participation

• Design Enabling Structures
• Secretariat as facilitator
• Membership Council
• Working Groups
• International, regional and local public interest
  associations
  

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Public Representation

• Balanced Board Representation
• Equal to Total Seats of other SOs
• (nine-nine)
• Geographical and Global Representation
• Direct Elections

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At Large Election Lessons learnt

• Sceptical Satisfaction First Step towards
  inclusion of the Public Voice, yet participation
  is more then voting
  
• Legitimate Outcome despite challenges during the
  Electoral Process
  
• Outreach deficit led to over/under-representation
  of nations
  
• Concerns about suitability of regional and
  electoral boundaries
  
• Persistence of nationalistic and geo-political
  tendencies

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Ensure Accountability

• Limit ICANN Mission
• Codes of Conduct
• Statement of User Rights
• Review Committee
• Reform SOs

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Bylaws Changes

• Creation and Structure of ALM
• Election of Nine At-Large Directors
• Terms of At-Large Directors
• International Representation
• Removal of a Director
• Qualification of Directors

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Timeline

• Begin updates to members.icann.org January 2002
• Complete bylaws changes by February-March 2002
  Public Meeting
  
• Begin accepting ALM registrations March 2002
• Election in October 2002
• Nine At-Large Directors assume seats November 2002

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• Izumi Aizu, Asia Network Research and Adam Peake,
  Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM),
  International University of Japan
  
• Jerry Berman, Alan Davidson, Rob Courtney, Center
  for Democracy Technology, USA
  
• Christian Ahlert, Center for Interactive Media,
  University of Giessen, Germany
  
• Scott Harshbarger, Don Simon, Andy Draheim, Scott
  Albert Johnson, Common Cause, USA
  
• Alan Levin, and Mark Neville, Future Perfect,
  South Africa
  
• Raúl Echeberría, Instituto Nacional de
  Investigatión Agropecuaria, Uruguay
  
• Clement Dzidonu, International Institute for
  Information Technology (INIIT), Ghana
  
• Stefaan Verhulst, Programme in Comparative Media
  Law and Policy, Oxford University, United Kingdom
  and Markle Foundation, USA
  
• Myungkoo Kang, Department of Communication, Seoul
  National University, South Korea
  
• Jeanette Hofmann, Wissenschaftszentrum,
  Berlin/NEXUS, Germany

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