[ga] FYI: Structure TF report draft v6

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

For easier discussion -- a text-only excerpt from 
the Structure TF report draft v6
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-str/Arc00/doc00013.doc


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>Recommendations of the Structure TF based on evaluation
>
>1. First principles
>An ALSO should not have the same characteristics, rights and 
>representation of the other supporting organisations. Indeed, 
>trying to fit an ALSO into an SO straitjacket will be 
>damaging to the ALSO and to ICANN consensus making. 
>
>2. Board directors. Against an objective to create a means of 
>electing ICANN at-large board directors the TF endorses the 
>ALSC proposals to create an ALSO.
>
>3. Consensus building. Against an objective to outreach 
>downwards and develop policy consensus among individual 
>domain name holders, the TF endorses the structural proposals 
>of the ALSC. 
>
>4.  Policy support to the Board. Against an objective to 
>provide policy input upwards to the Board (subsequent to 
>consensus building), the TF recommends that the following 
>structure be adopted for ALSO input on policy recommendations 
>to the Board. The three members of the proposed At-large 
>administrative council are given membership of the DNSO Names 
>Council, and participate within that body exercising voting 
>and other policy-related privileges in the same way as the 
>three representatives of the DNSO constituencies.  
>
>The three ALSO reps would have no vote in the election of 
>DNSO Board members and no policy recommendations would come 
>from the ALSO separately. Such membership would be contingent 
>on the absence of an individual domain name holders 
>constituency within the DNSO or its equivalent. 
>
>This solves at a stroke three issues:
>* the likelihood of contradictory or confusing advice 
>reaching the Board from the DNSO and the ALSO
>* creating a clear mechanism for ALSO/DNSO policy 
>interaction. 
>* avoiding duplication by DNSO constituencies in policy work 
>in both the DNSO and ALSO.
>
>Mechanistic details:
>1. ALSO is formed and directly elects 6 Board members.
>2. ALSO also elects 12 member Administrative Council (as ALSC 
>proposal but with an administrative role to organise the SO 
>and outreach downwards on policy) 
>3. ALSO Administrative Council selects 3 members (or the 3 
>top geographically diverse of the directly-elected council 
>election list) appointed to Names Council to input on policy 
>matters. 
>4. The individuals petitioning for an individual domain name 
>holders constituency within the DNSO are encouraged to 
>participate in the ALSO and become AL Administrative Council 
>members and reps to the NC. 
>5. The GA reverts to its intended role of uniting all DNSO 
>constituencies (and expands to include the AL Administrative 
>Council and NC reps). 
>
>5.  Threshold criteria for ALSO membership before elections 
>could start.
>It is critical that unambiguous criteria be set up to gauge 
>whether the ALSO is in fact ready to operate as an ICANN 
>supporting organisation. The ALSO will need sufficient 
>resources and interest levels to ensure that participation in 
>the SO will result in meaningful and significant 
>representation for individual domain name holders.
>
>The first test should be an appropriate adaptation of the 
>DNSO criteria for establishing new DNSO constituencies. In 
>addition the following points are key.
>
>- Membership
>At some point a threshold will need to be established as 
>defining "significant representation." It is beyond the scope 
>of this report to define that threshold but it may be useful 
>to consider a rationale for definition and establish 
>parameters.
>
>- An upper parameter
>The ALSC report there were 143,789 on the first At-Large e-
>mail list, that 76,183 were validated to vote and that 34,035 
>voted. Any new process should do at least as well, so a 
>threshold of 30,000 seems reasonable for an upper parameter 
>for ALSO membership before elections can begin. 
>
>- A lower parameter
>In North America 3,449 voted in the first elections. There 
>are over 150,000,000 Internet users in North America, so this 
>is 0.0023%. World wide there are around 500,000,000 Internet 
>users so 0.0023% is 11,500.  Charging for membership will 
>reduce this to say 10%. So set 1000 as the lower parameter.
>
>The report recommends that a threshold is set at a figure 
>between 1000 and  30,000.
>
>- Other criteria
>In addition to membership, criteria on the ability to 
>effectively keep members informed, and adequate financing for 
>meetings and dues payments are crucial to ensuring that the 
>ALSO can support its mission and will not be subject to 
>capture by a small group.

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