Re: [IFWP] IDNO letter

["Brian C. Hollingsworth" <bholling@ix.netcom.com>]

Ms. Dyson and Everyone,

  Ms, Dyson, I really hope that your response here isn't a serious one.  I also
hope for your and the future of ICANN's sake that if you are serious in your
predetermined decision, that you will make a concerted effort to reconsider.
This response, as I am sure you are aware, is not consistent with your
responsibilities to the majority of stakeholders and is not realistic in terms
of accountability...  The repercussions to you personally could be quite
serious and substantial, and very significant to the ICANN in the future....

Esther Dyson wrote:

> Dear Joop and colleagues -
>
> I'm writing to respond personally to your proposal for an Individual Domain
> Name Holders' Constituency.  As you know, the Initial Board decided not to
> consider it in Berlin because it was not among the seven constituencies we
> hoped to see form to constitute the full DNSO.  At this point, we are still
> hoping to approve conditionally the last of the seven original
> constituencies, and allow the process of enlarging the board to move forward.
>
> That means that the Initial Board won't be considering your petition this
> time either, since we're still working on the first seven.
>
> Let me say personally that I  am not totally comfortable  with this
> decision.  Given that the At-Large Membership is not yet constituted, I
> think it important that individuals' concerns have some representation
> within the DNSO.
>
> However, there are two other points worth noting.
>
> First is that the representativeness of the IDNO is still questionable; it
> faces many of the same challenges of outreach and breadth that the ICANN
> Initial Board faces in trying constitute its At-Large membership.  Creating
> the IDNO now may be a way of avoiding rather than solving this problem.
>
> Second, I am more concerned that the voices and interests of individuals be
> *represented* in the work of the DNSO, than with precisely how that happens.
> Although the process is certainly messy, the concerns of individuals and
> individuals' rights are now being heard within the DNSO working groups -
> although perhaps not as effectively as they should be.  Making sure that
> that process works is where I think we should be focusing our attention
> right now.
>
> Esther Dyson
> personally, as a *member* of the Initial Board but not for it
>
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Respectfully,

--
Brian C. Hollingsworth
Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet
Communications  Affairs and Policy
Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European
Union