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Winfried Schueller
- posted on 2000-09-18 07:01:43
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I have a strong interest to hear and collect input from Internet users, to give a voice to concerns on ICANN topics that have no other way of outreach in ICANN. I have thought quiet a while about this and it seems to be the best to have several ways of discussion, hearing opinions and disseminating information from ICANN to you. For a start, I am currently experimenting with a guest-book on my web-page (http://www.winfriedschueller.de please feel free to write there) and a direct chat contact for immediate response. This I can not do every day of course, but I would like to have this regularly. During the next weeks until the election I will be in a chat on every Thursday. I know that chat is a limited form of discussion, but it helps to quickly exchange on important issues. Additionally, I think a mailing-list is an appropriate means and a web-based bulletin board might also be a good way to stay in contact. I'm looking for this as well and I support the activities at http://www.icann-forum.de). I would like to have some physical meetings from time to time as well, to exchange ideas and information. The Internet offers many innovative ways to organise a virtual European ICANN @large candidate and I would like to make use of this in an efficient way. If you have a good additional idea on this topic, I am interested to learn more about it!
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Maria Cattaui
- posted on 2000-09-15 10:37:53
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The Executive Board should stay in touch with members in any way that the At-large membership would like to be consulted.
ICANN’s strength will continue to rely on the attributes of its full membership. We are still in the early days of ICANN, and we don’t know yet how the membership will evolve and perhaps develop its own representative mechanisms and internal consultations. As At-large membership increases, various individuals may find it interesting to set up informal, intersecting communities of discussion. (This has certainly happened on some level already, but I believe this is only the beginning) ICANN directors should welcome all these initiatives and be ready to interact in creative ways with the new groups and individuals that come forward. This is a more interesting notion at present, considering the recent sky-rocketing of the At-large membership total.
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Olivier Muron
- posted on 2000-09-15 08:08:57
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This is a very important question! We will not be able to keep a large membership if we cannot maintain a close tie with them. I would encourage an active participation in the debate of the membership through its self-organization. Some tools we could think of are general or focused lists.
The idea mentioned by Roberto Gaetano in the ICANN-EU of chapters like ISOC is als very good; these could be based on language, geography or topic (law, social sciences, etc...)
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Andy Mueller-Maguhn
- posted on 2000-09-14 14:29:13
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So next to the mentioned mailing-list, I see a great chance in the icann-@large process for a better networked european internet users scene - those who have an interest to participate in the discussions and decisions around Icann.
I prefer an european icann-forum instead of constructing an council in this early status to first have a plattform for the widespread
discussions and the diversity of ideas, concepts and opinions. I would prefer to have discussions not only electronically, but also in real life, happening in different european countries to really get people and ideas
together.
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Jeanette Hofmann
- posted on 2000-09-11 12:01:11
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Open mailing lists like icann-europe are the best way to communicate. So, please members and not-members feel encouraged to subscribe to icann-europe@fitug.de. At www.fitug.de you find instructions on how to do so.
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Alf Hansen
- posted on 2000-09-10 06:15:59
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I will contribute to an organization of the At-Large membership such that all individual views can be taken into account and presented in a structured way as advices to the ICANN Board.
I will contribute to a bottom-up organization and let the At-Large
membership communities in each region self-organize like what is happening right now on the icann-europe-list.
I think it is a good idea to have regional At-Large councils because
this will allow for slightly different At-Large cultures in the 5
regions. ICANN should define a minimum set of common rules for the Councils, but in general they should self-organize.
One question that will come up immediately is funding. In order to keep the At-Large organization alive, there must probably be some kind a membership fee. At least someone has to pay... There is no free lunch. Each council should be free to organize their own funding structure.
It is important that the advices from the regional consils are give to the Board as a whole, not only to the Board member elected by the region.
Best regards,
Alf H
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