[governance] Fixing an ICANN problem

[Fouad Bajwa]

I might have to keep my comments on ICANN to myself in my blog space
only because I am still trying to learn about the chaos. I've gotten
some heavy bashing on just asking questions in the IGF circles so I
resorted to learning the ICANN issues first hand and then gathering a
group of similar interests on IG and deliberating the issues within
that interest group. The idea is in a very basic stage at the moment
but hopefully I see some synergy in the near future on the issue.

Your comments Danny are recorded at my end as I collect my thoughts
after the ICANN meeting experience. I've heard a lot and witnessed a
great deal myself now but I need to learn to interpret this in a
language that is acceptable for further intervention by the larger
community....

I hope I am speaking sensibly?

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ICANN recently published a study of constituency participation in working group activities -- see http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg07806.html
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> The attendance rosters paint a very sad picture -- two constituencies in particular (the ISPs and the NCUC) had no member participation whatsoever in several working groups:
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> Registration Abuse Policies WG
> Inter-Registrar Transfers WG-A
> Inter-Registrar Transfers WG-B
> Community Communications Coordination WG
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> These two constituencies also had very limited attendance in other working groups:
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> Policy Development Process WG
> Post Expiry Domain Name Recovery WG
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> Not listed in this report was participation data for some of the newer working groups such as the Registrar Accreditation Amendments WG and the Registrant Rights WG that similarly have seen no active participation by members of these two constituencies.
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> When some constituencies fail to participate at the working group level it is almost inevitable that whatever recommendations emerge will be skewed as a result of imbalanced input -- clearly this is not a healthy situation.
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> On this list are many veterans of the ICANN process.  What suggestions might you offer to improve this overall situation?
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