[governance] RE: [NA-Discuss] ALAC and NCUC

Thu Apr 19 12:11:19 EDT 2007

I think that the general understanding is that the individual internet user
is exactly that - a person who uses the Internet (in a personal capacity).
Which is the global population (or will be)
Very large group. So, we deal with aggregates of users, and groups that
serve the interests of these individuals. So both of your cases would fit.
Issues that affect these users are the issues of interest to the AtLarge. 
I disagree that it is without content just because it means anyone...
Jacqueline

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gurstein [mailto:gurstein at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:49 AM
To: 'Jacob Malthouse'; 'NA Discuss'; governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [governance] RE: [NA-Discuss] ALAC and NCUC

Hi Jacob,

I don't mean to be a pest about this but has there been any "official"
interpretation on what precisely is meant by the term "individual
Internet user" as below...

There was no response to my two cases from yesterday -- one, that of
(more or less anonymous) cybercafe frequenting I-users and the other,
folks clustered in various groupings "using" the Internet via
telecentres (or community networks as per Michael Maranda's
interventions).  

On the principle that silence is consent, if my argument is valid then
could I suggest that the notion of "individual internet user" in fact is
more or less without content as it could either mean anyone, since
anyone could be an anonymous cybercafe or cell phone Internet surfer (or
no one in particular--who would know or could make any judgements in
this regard);  or it should necessarily include some sorts of collective
groupings i.e. families, communities etc. (individuals as collectives
hmmm...-and then who speaks for them and how are the "interests" of
these collectives to be represented, as collectives or as collections of
individuals etc.etc.).

In a global environment where on the one hand Internet "use" is becoming
more or less pervasive and on the other where the notion of who or what
constitutes "the individual" is highly culturally (and even politically)
determined, could I humbly suggest that some other mode of delineating
participation in this aspect of Internet governance be formulated.

MG

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Malthouse
Sent: April 19, 2007 6:36 AM
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Subject: [NA-Discuss] ALAC and NCUC

From: http://alac.icann.org/
ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is responsible for  
considering and providing advice on the activities of the Internet  
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), as they relate to  
the interests of individual Internet users (the "At-Large"  
community). ICANN, as a private sector, non-profit corporation with  
technical management responsibilities for the Internet's domain name  
and address system, will rely on the ALAC and its supporting  
infrastructure (At-Large groups all over the world) to involve and  
represent in ICANN a broad set of individual user interests.

From: http://www.ncdnhc.org/
The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the home for civil  
society organizations in ICANN's Generic Names Supporting  
Organization (GNSO). With real voting power in ICANN, it develops and  
supports Internet policies that favor noncommercial communication and  
activity on the Internet, and it participates in the selection of  
ICANN Board members.

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