The most important issue that we have on the table is the composition of
POC. The actual proposal is to add nine members to POC, all of them elected
by PAB, maintain the ones that are already there, except for ITU and WIPO
who become non-voting.
- POC will therefore have:
9 members elected by PAB
2 members elected by CORE
7 ex-officio voting members
2 ex-officio non-voting members
I will try to ask very specific questions. If you think other questions
should be added, please say so.
Please answer, even if it is only to agree with the proposal.
The proposal says about the new seats:
Include in POC representatives of the following groups:
1. Operators and service providers - (3 representatives)
2. Business organizations other than operators and service providers (2
representatives)
3. Consumers (1 representative)
4. At large members distributed geographically:
a. Americas - one
b. Europe, Africa and the Middle East - one
c. Asia-Pacific - one
1) Do you think that this distribution includes all the major players ?
2) Is it fair to the parties involved (constituencies) ? (excluding CORE
and ex-officio, in this question)
2b) Do you think that geographical distribution could be attained in some
other way ?
3) Would you propose any changes ?
4) Do you think that constituency representatives should only be voted by
PAB members that are part of that constituency or by all members of PAB ?
The proposal says that the following shall continue to be members of POC:
1. Two persons appointed by ISOC
2. Two persons appointed by IANA
3. Two persons appointed by IAB
4. Two persons appointed by CORE
5. One person appointed by INTA
6. One person appointed by WIPO (with non-voting status)
7. One person appointed by ITU (with non-voting status)
5) Do you agree with this ? Do you want to add a counter proposal ?
6) Do you think that the overall composition of POC as a whole represents
all the interests in the Internet in a fair way (if such a thing exists) ?
Javier
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The proposal:
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At the meeting of POC held in Brussels on 24 and 25 November, we
addressed the single most serious issue remaining to be decided by POC,
namely how to fulfill our publicly stated commitment to propose a plan
for expansion of the POC.
Two days of meetings produced what I believe is a rough consensus. I
recognize that the emphasis is on "rough". There were strongly held
views on some subjects that may be outside the consensus set forth
below. This draft is being posted to both POC and PAB for discussion and
comment before it is released to the public for further discussion and
comment. THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC UNTIL POC AND PAB HAVE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
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DRAFT
The rough consensus of the Policy Oversight Commitee (“POC”) regarding
expansion of the POC to represent more clearly the entire spectrum of
interests of the stakeholders of the Internet community is described in
this document. As a part of the consensus, the POC has decided to
solicit public comment on the expansion proposal.
I. Introduction
From the inception of the International Ad Hoc Committee (“IAHC”) in
September, 1997, the IAHC and its successors, the interim POC, and now
the POC have explicitly and publicly recognized the need for
evolutionary growth and development of the entire program for expansion
of the generic top level domain name system, including the composition
of the POC. The IAHC was formed and chartered by the Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority (“IANA”) and the Internet Society (“ISOC”) to develop
this expansion program. The original eleven members of the IAHC were
chosen to represent as broad as possible a range of interests in the
Internet community, as to be geographically distributed. The selection
of members succeeded in bringing together a diversity of views and a
geographically well distributed group, but the limitation to eleven
members, and the selection process, directed initially by IANA and ISOC,
has been criticized as not giving explicit recognition to some interest
groups.
The gTLD-MoU now provides that the POC consists of twelve members
appointed as follows:
IANA - two appointments
ISOC - two appointments
Internet Architecture Board (“IAB”) - two appointments
Council of Registrars (“CORE”) - two appointments
International Trademark Association (“INTA”) - one appointment
World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) - one appointment
International Telecommunications Union (“ITU”) - one appointment
Representative of the Depository of the Memorandum of Understanding on
the Generic Top Level Domain Name Space of the Internet Domain
Name System (“gTLD-MoU”) (the ITU) - one appointment
The POC has agreed to an amendment to the gTLD-MoU to provide for the
appointment of two additional members to be appointed by the Policy
Advisory Body (“PAB”). Pending the formal amendment, which requires
action by IANA and ISOC, PAB has appointed two observers to POC.
Terms of the above appointments are for three years, except that the
organizations appointing two members initially appoint one for a one
year term, and the other for a three year term. The gTLD-MoU directs
each appointing group to endeavour to achieve equitable geographic
distribution.
(Further explanation of the identity and composition of the appointing
bodies referred to above may be found at the POC web site:
http://www.gtld-mou.org.)
II. The Consensus
In fulfillment of the promise of an evolutionary process, the POC has
reached consensus on an expansion of POC to be achieved over a period of
eighteen months, with an appropriate transitional structure to ensure
stability in the administration of the gTLD-MoU program.
Effective upon formal adoption by POC of this expansion program, and
for a period of eighteen months thereafter, the gTLD-MoU will be amended
to provide that POC shall have twenty members as follows:
The PAB will have the power to elect nine members of POC. Nominations
may be made by any member of PAB; each PAB member may nominate not more
than one nominee; nominees need not necessarily be connected or
affiliated with the nominating organization. Each nomination shall
include a designation of the nominee as falling within one of the
following classifications:
1. Operators and service providers - three
2. Business organizations other than operators and service providers -
two
3. Consumers - one
4. At large members distributed geographically:
a. Americas - one
b. Europe, Africa and the Middle East - one
c. Asia-Pacific - one
Nominations by PAB shall be completed within one month following
adoption of this expansion program by POC, and elections of members
shall be conducted not later than three months following adoption. Each
PAB member must select one and only one of the first three
classifications in which it will cast one vote, and must select one and
only one of the three geographic areas in which it may cast one
additional vote. The nominees receiving the highest number of votes in
each category will be elected.
The following shall continue to be members of POC:
1. Two persons appointed by ISOC
2. Two persons appointed by IANA
3. Two persons appointed by IAB
4. Two persons appointed by CORE
5. One person appointed by INTA
6. One person appointed by WIPO (with non-voting status)
7. One person appointed by ITU (with non-voting status)
Prior to the expiration of the eighteen month transition period, the
POC shall determine, by vote of not less than two-thirds of the voting
members of POC, the composition of the POC thereafter in whatever form
the POC may determine.
The gTLD-MoU shall further be amended to provide that, effective at the
expiration of the eighteen month transition period, the gTLD-MoU may
thereafter be amended by vote of at least two-thirds of the voting
members of POC.