Dear members,
O.K., back to where we were before we were so happily interrupted by NSI.
I have modified article 4 of our charter in the light of Karl's comments,
but I
have substituted "colour of title" for "basis of membership" except where such
was not appropriate:
I have also added an article about inclusivity.
Your comments please.
4. Elegibility and membership.
4.1. IDNO constituency membership is open to any individual person who can
demonstrate
"colour of title" to a Domain name.
4.2. No individual may have more than a single membership in the IDNO.
4.3. "Colour of title" means enough control over a domain name that a
reasonable person could could conclude that such control constitutes
"ownership".
Examples of elements to be considered may include, and are
not limited to, the following:
- Whether the candidate is named in domain contact information.
- Whether the candidate's own funds were used to pay any
registration fees.
- Whether the candidate may cause the domain name to be
relinquished.
- Whether the candidate may be considered the intended beneficial
owner of a domain name that is registered or operated by some
intermediary.
- In the cases of direct control of domain name by a corporation
or other entity, whether that entity's control of the domain name
is effectively directed by the candidate and subject to his/her
discretion.
4.4 In cases where control of a domain is diffused among
multiple individuals that domain may not be used as a basis
of membership.
4.5 No single domain name may be used to support membership of more than one
individual.
4.6 The domain name used in a basis of membership must be
<define domain name for the purpose of membership; somebody had a good working
definition, can we have that again?>
4.7. Administrative staff may determine whether a candidate has presented
adequate prima facie evidence of colour of title to a domain name.
4.8. Disputes about entitlement to membership or entitlement to
candidacy to the Names Council shall be resolved by a membership credentials
committee of the IDNO.
Such committee shall examine the totality of the facts and make such
decisions as appropriate. The
decisions of such committee are final with regards to basic
membership.
With regards to candidature to the Names Council
they are open to appeal to the entire membership, which will decide by
majority vote.
4.9. Non-exclusivity. Members of other DNSO constituencies are
not excluded from the IDNO constituency as long as they meet elegibility
criteria as individuals. However , individuals representing organizations in
other constituencies are not elegible to represent the IDNO on the Names
Council.
Below follows the rest of our proposed charter, also up for your comments.
5.Nominations.
5.1. Any member can nominate any other member as a candidate
for a seat on the Names Council.
5.2.The candidate should approve of the nomination within a
reasonable period.
5.3. Self - nomination is not possible.
5.4. In order to be placed on the candidates' list, a nominee
must
secure one vote seconding the nomination.
6. Voting for representatives.
6.1.All Individual members will vote as individuals.
6.2.Owning more than one Domain Name will not give rights to
multiple votes per individual.
6.3. Detailed procedures for voting will be established. It is
envisaged that the system of voting for candidates will take
full
advantage of the potential inherent in on-line voting, i.e.
each
voter
can express a preference-vote for each candidate on a list of
candidates.
7.Elections committee.
7.1. As soon as this is feasible, the membership will establish
an
election committee of at least 3 members, who will be tasked
with
overseeing all procedures regarding the the nomination of
candidates and their election as representatives for the
constituency on the Names Council.
7.2. In the interim, the membership may choose to elect one
election officer, tasked with overseeing the election of the
initial
representative(s) to the meeting in Berlin. 8.Using the
Internet
for
procedures Mailing list.
8.1. Candidates are nominated and accept their nominations via
email to a mailing list to which all members are subscribed.
8.2. Voting will take place on-line, unless 60% of the
membership
is physically present in a meeting.
8.3. Verification of on-line votes. The election committee will
have
full access to all logs and records generated by the on-line
voting
system.
9. On-line decisionmaking. Discussion list , free speech and
moderation. 9.1. All members can participate in policy making
discussions via the all-member mailing list.
9.2. Clearly frivolous postings can be moderated and postings
aimed at disruption of proceedings can be disallowed.
9.3. The will of the majority will find expression in the
decisions of a
moderation committee that will be tasked with drafting and
implementing fair rules aimed at maintaining civil discourse
and
discouraging abuse of the freedom of speech.
9.4. In principle the members of the moderation committee
can be
the members elected to represent the constituency on the Names
Council, but the may stand aside for other elected moderators.
9.5. Members of the election committee will be ineligible for
moderator.
9.6. In these rules the principle of free exchange of idea's
and
opinions will be paramount and procedures for Fair Hearings and
Due Process will form part of any such rules.
9.7.Meeting list. For the purpose of holding formal meetings, a
second list is envisaged. Rules for procedures on this list,
archiving
and public record will be drafted in further detail.
10. Funding. Minimal membership fees will be set to defray the
expenses of representation, website- and mailing list hosting
and
other expenses related to the necessary functions of the
constituency.
--Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap puller of
the Cyberspace Association,
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.democracy.org.nz/idno/
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Dear members,
O.K., back to where we were before we were so happily interrupted by
NSI.
I have modified article 4 of our charter in the light of Karl's comments,
but I have substituted "colour of title" for "basis of
membership" except where such was not appropriate:
I have also added an article about inclusivity.
Your comments please.
4. Elegibility and membership.
4.1. IDNO constituency membership is open to
any individual person who can demonstrate
"colour of title" to a Domain name.
4.2. No individual may have more than a single membership in the IDNO.
4.3. "Colour of title" means enough control over a domain name
that a
reasonable person could could conclude that such control
constitutes
"ownership".
Examples of elements to be considered may include, and are
not limited to, the following:
- In the cases of direct control of domain name by a
corporation
4.5 No single domain name may be used to support membership of more than
one individual.
4.6 The domain name used in a basis of membership must be
<define domain name for the purpose of membership; somebody had a good
working definition, can we have that again?>
4.7. Administrative staff may determine whether a candidate has
presented
adequate prima facie evidence of colour of title to a domain name.
4.9. Non-exclusivity. Members of other DNSO constituencies are not
excluded
Below follows the rest of our proposed
charter, also up for your comments.
5.Nominations.
5.1. Any member can nominate any other member as a candidate
for a seat on the Names Council.
5.2.The candidate should approve of the nomination within a
reasonable period.
5.3. Self - nomination is not possible.
5.4. In order to be placed on the candidates' list, a nominee must
secure one vote seconding the nomination.
6. Voting for representatives.
6.1.All Individual members will vote as individuals.
6.2.Owning more than one Domain Name will not give rights to
multiple votes per individual.
6.3. Detailed procedures for voting will be established. It is
envisaged that the system of voting for candidates will take full
advantage of the potential inherent in on-line voting, i.e. each
voter
can express a preference-vote for each candidate on a list of
candidates.
7.Elections committee.
7.1. As soon as this is feasible, the membership will establish an
election committee of at least 3 members, who will be tasked with
overseeing all procedures regarding the the nomination of
candidates and their election as representatives for the
constituency on the Names Council.
7.2. In the interim, the membership may choose to elect one
election officer, tasked with overseeing the election of the
initial
representative(s) to the meeting in Berlin. 8.Using the Internet
for
procedures Mailing list.
8.1. Candidates are nominated and accept their nominations via
email to a mailing list to which all members are subscribed.
8.2. Voting will take place on-line, unless 60% of the membership
is physically present in a meeting.
8.3. Verification of on-line votes. The election committee will
have
full access to all logs and records generated by the on-line voting
system.
9. On-line decisionmaking. Discussion list , free speech and
moderation. 9.1. All members can participate in policy making
discussions via the all-member mailing list.
9.2. Clearly frivolous postings can be moderated and postings
aimed at disruption of proceedings can be disallowed.
9.3. The will of the majority will find expression in the decisions of
a
moderation committee that will be tasked with drafting and
implementing fair rules aimed at maintaining civil discourse and
discouraging abuse of the freedom of speech.
9.4. In principle the members of the moderation committee can be
the members elected to represent the constituency on the Names
Council, but the may stand aside for other elected moderators.
9.5. Members of the election committee will be ineligible for
moderator.
9.6. In these rules the principle of free exchange of idea's and
opinions will be paramount and procedures for Fair Hearings and
Due Process will form part of any such rules.
9.7.Meeting list. For the purpose of holding formal meetings, a
second list is envisaged. Rules for procedures on this list,
archiving
and public record will be drafted in further detail.
10. Funding. Minimal membership fees will be set to defray the
expenses of representation, website- and mailing list hosting and
other expenses related to the necessary functions of the
constituency.
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