Re: [ga] Individual Stakeholders Constituency

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

On 2002-05-17 11:10:14 -0700, Bret Fausett wrote:

>This is a good idea. I would support this.

The idea certainly sounds interesting.

Here's one of the challenges such a constituency would have to 
solve, though: As is illustrated by the more powerful of the 
existing constituencies, it's enormously helpful if any 
participation in ICANN's and the DNSO's policymaking process is  
backed by the ability to lobby governmental structures which exist  
outside the ICANN framework, or by the ability to cause significant  
cost to suppliers.  Since individual stakeholders have, so far, not  
learned how to cause significant cost for suppliers in order to back 
up their demands, backing by lobbying groups is pretty much the only 
option which remains.

Thus, in order for an individual stakeholders' constituency to be  
successful in ICANN policymaking, you need two things: Enthusiastic  
participation (including by some of those who have left the GA in  
the past years, and by new participants), and backing by advocacy 
organizations.

As a corollary, such a constituency would need a way for advocacy  
groups to participate, to make a commitment to the constituency's  
goals, and to make a contribution to its costs - some kind of an  
organizational membership.  

Of course, looking at the other side of the coin, advocacy groups  
would have to accept that concept of membership, and would actually  
have to join.

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Thomas Roessler                          http://log.does-not-exist.org/
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