[governance] FW: GNSO review

[Gurstein, Michael]

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From: IFIP Working Group 8.2--Kevin Crowston
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Sent: March 6, 2006 1:18 PM
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Subject: FW: GNSO review




Would you be willing to circulate this to your students to enable them
to participate in this survey? Also you may wish to forward this to any
other colleagues outside universities who may be interested.

Mike 

Mike Cushman   [  <mailto:m.cushman at lse.ac.uk>
mailto:m.cushman at lse.ac.uk]
Department of Information Systems
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London       WC2A 2AE
Phone: +44 (0)20 7955 7426      Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7385
 <http://is.lse.ac.uk/> http://is.lse.ac.uk/ 




ICANN appoints London School of Economics to conduct independent review
of GNSO 
An expert team of researchers from the Public Policy Group <
<file://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicPolicy/>
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicPolicy/> of LSE has been appointed by
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as the
independent reviewers of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation
(GNSO).

The GNSO plays a critical role in ICANN's policy development activities,
particularly in relation to generic top level domains such as .com,
.net, .info, .biz, .museum and, more recently, new top level domains
such as .mobi and .travel. The review is an integral part of ICANN's
normal operational reviews and is part of its ongoing efforts to ensure
maximum organizational transparency and efficiency.

This Review aims to survey awareness of ICANN's worldwide
responsibilities and to find out if people, and particular public and
private stakeholders, are satisfied with the accountability and
transparency of GNSO's procedures. The review will take a number of
forms including an online survey and in-depth face-to-face interviews
with key stakeholders.

Professor Patrick Dunleavy, Professor of Political Science and chair of
the Public Policy Group, will lead the review team. Commenting on LSE's
appointment to conduct the review, Professor Dunleavy said: 'We are
delighted to have been appointed for this major piece of work which will
inform the future direction and strategy of the global Internet
community. Our approach will be to ask many people worldwide, through
surveys and interviews, their views on the GNSO.'

ICANN is seeking broad participation in the Review, which is seen as
critical to its success. 'ICANN and LSE are working closely together to
ensure we gather as much relevant material as possible. Those wishing to
participate in the review will be able to do so online, and during the
upcoming international meeting taking place in Wellington, New Zealand,
from 25-31 March,' said Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN.

To participate in the GNSO Review, please visit <
<http://www.icann-gnsoreview.org> http://www.icann-gnsoreview.org> 
Contact 


*	Professor Patrick Dunleavy, 0n +44 (0)20 7955 7178 or email
p.dunleavy at lse.ac.uk < <mailto:p.dunleavy at lse.ac.uk>
mailto:p.dunleavy at lse.ac.uk> 

*	Judith Higgin, LSE Press Office, 020 7955 7582, email:
j.a.higgin at lse.ac.uk < <mailto:j.a.higgin at lse.ac.uk>
mailto:j.a.higgin at lse.ac.uk> 

About the GNSO < <http://gnso.icann.org/> http://gnso.icann.org/>
The GNSO manages policy issues such as selection criteria for new top
level domains; competition policy impacts and contractual conditions for
top level domain registry agreements. It has been particularly active in
discussions about WHOIS and data management, intellectual property
protection, registrar conduct and the transfer of domain names. Policies
are developed by consensus through the GNSO six constituency groups
which includes registrars, registries, intellectual property interests,
internet service providers, business and commercial users and
non-commercial user interests. The GNSO's policy program is managed by
the GNSO Council on which each of the constituencies has elected
representatives from ICANN's five different regions.

The GNSO conducts its policy making initiatives through the activities
of each of the constituencies at face to face meetings, via regular
teleconferences and at special meetings of policy committees or
taskforces. The GNSO is currently working on development policy for the
introduction of new top level domains, on internationalised domain names
and on registry contractual conditions.

About ICANN < <http://www.icann.org/index.html>
http://www.icann.org/index.html>
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an
internationally organised, non-profit corporation that has
responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation,
protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD)
Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system
management functions. As a private-public partnership, ICANN is
dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to
promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global
Internet communities; and to developing policy appropriate to its
mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.

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