(39) CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
Date:
9 December, 2005
Status: Step VII - Certified as At-Large Structure
Application for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) Designation
CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
Contact Information
- Organization's Name: CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
- Organization's email address: info@xxxxxx
- Organization's phone number (include country/city codes): +16073305711
- Organization's address (location and postal address, if different):
c/o IECC, PO Box 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 US - Organization's website (URL) (if available): http://www.cauce.org
- Organization's contact for ALS application (email, phone, address):
John Levine, johnl@xxxxxx
Description
- Is your organization constituted so that participation by individual
Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries within the
Geographic Region in which your organization is based will predominate
in your organization's operation?
Yes - Describe your organization's constituents/membership (number, citizenship/location,
defining characteristic - e.g. profession for professional societies):
Leading grassroots anti-spam advocacy organization in the United States with about 10,000 members - Explain the eligibility requirements (if any) for your organization's
constituents/membership (if you provide a written application for admission
as a member, you may attach a copy):
Any US resident who subscribes to CAUCE's goals can join - In what language/s does your organization conduct its business?
English - Provide support for the statement that your organization is self-supporting
(by answering "yes" you confirm that it will not rely on ICANN for funding):
Yes - Describe your organization's structure (e.g. governing and decision-making
bodies and processes):
Volunteer provisional board governs by consensus - Does your organization commit to supporting its individual constituents'/membership's
informed participation in ICANN?
Yes. - Describe how your organization keeps its constituents/membership
informed about, and enables them to participate in, decisions regarding
issues of interest:
Web site and announcement mailing list; web site recently converted to a CMS which will permit online fora - Does your organization post on the Internet publicly-accessible,
current information about your organization's goals, structure, description
of constituent group(s)/membership, working mechanisms, leadership,
and contact(s) (if this information currently is available, provide
URLs)?
Yes, all at http://www.cauce.org - Provide information on your organization's leadership (leaders'
names, positions, emails):
Chair, Scott Hazen Mueller, scott@xxxxxx
Of Counsel, Ray Everett-Church, everett@xxxxxx
Press Liason, John Mozena, press@xxxxxx
Web manager, Doug Muth, dmuth@xxxxxx
Newsletter editor, John Levine, johnl@xxxxxx
Objectives
- What is your organization's primary goal or mission (please attach
any mission or policy statement for your organization, if in writing,
or provide a URL, if posted):
Lobby for effective anti-spam laws in the US. See http://www.cauce.org - What ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your organization's
constituents/membership:
WHOIS data, IP address alocation, new domains such as .MAIL - If formed, will your organization commit to assisting the Regional
At-Large Organization (RALO) for the region in which your organization
is based in performing its function?
Yes, insofar as CAUCE's $0 budget permits
Signature
John Levine, board member, on behalf of the CAUCE board
