[ga] Top Three Issues

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Rick Wesson has written to me asking, "would you mind posting the top 3 
issues the GA should be working on?"

As a sense of focus is important to any organization, I thank Rick for his 
suggestion.  My thoughts are focused on representational issues...

1.  The ICANN Board put forth the following resolution:  Resolved [01.132] 
that a Committee of the Board is hereby established, to be known as the 
Committee on Restructuring, to monitor and provide reports to the Board on 
these issues, and to evaluate and make recommendations to the Board 
concerning any specific proposals or applications to the Board that would or 
could affect the structure of ICANN or the composition of the Board.

As the Board has also resolved [01.127] "that representation should accompany 
participation for informed, sustained involvement of interested individuals 
in ICANN policy and decision-making", and as the General Assembly is 
currently a disenfranchised institution without the right to vote in the 
DNSO, our membership should either be working on the details required to 
bring Roeland's motion (adopted by the GA) into fruition, or should 
acknowledge the GA as an unneeded structural redundancy in light of the 
coming establishment of the ALSO.  This is a time for self-organization and 
self-determination.  The GA will either act upon its own future, or it will 
have no future.

2.  Patrick Corliss reminded us of the comment made by Adam Peake:  "The task 
force system should be abolished and all DNSO policy making conducted through 
the open processes: working groups".  These vile task forces have denied the 
membership of this Assembly their rights under the Bylaws for full 
participation in the substantive work of the DNSO.  In my view, it is time to 
take a stand on this issue, and I would recommend withdrawing all GA 
participation from every task force until such time as open working groups 
are fully restored.  As your thoughts may not accord with mine, other 
recommendations on the best way forward are welcomed.

3.  Our promised nine seat At-Large representation on the ICANN Board is at 
risk.  Constituencies, like vultures, are lining up to feed on the carcass of 
the At-Large.  Every one of these interest groups is offering up a plan to 
enhance their own representation at the expense of the At-Large (which has 
been denied by ICANN even its own website within which it may organize its 
opposition).  

The ICANN Board has called for comments on the ALSC Final report.  Within 
ICANN we are the only group that does not seek to profit at the expense of 
the At-Large.  We have an obligation to defend the interests of the broader 
Internet community and must do so with an orchestrated campaign that 
demonstrates to this Board that we will not sanction abrogating the 
commitment made in our founding compact with the US government.


Assembly members may have other opinions as to what constitutes the top three 
issues... this would be a good time to air such thoughts.

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