ICANN participation

Application for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) Designation
CAUCE Canada (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, Canada)

*Contact information

1. Organization's Name: CAUCE Canada (Coalition Against Unsolicited
Commercial E-mail, Canada)
2. Organization's email address: canada@cauce.org
3. Organization's phone number (include country/city codes): +15144854474
4. Organization's address (location and postal address, if
different): 2305 Oxford Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H4A 2X7, Canada
5. Organization's website (URL) (if available): http://www.cauce.ca
6. Organization's contact for ALS application (email, phone,
address): John Levine, johnl@cauce.org

Description

7. 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

8. Describe your organization's constituents/membership (number,
citizenship/location, defining characteristic - e.g. profession
for professional societies):
Leading grassroots anti-spam advocacy organization in
Canada with about 1,000 members

9. 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 Canadian resident who subscribes to CAUCE Canada's goals can join

10. In what language/s does your organization conduct its business?

English, French

11. 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

12. Describe your organization's structure (e.g. governing and
decision-making bodies and processes):

Volunteer board governs by consensus

13. Does your organization commit to supporting its individual
constituents'/membership's informed participation in ICANN?

Yes

14. 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

15. 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.ca

16. Provide information on your organization's leadership (leaders'
names, positions, emails):

Chair, Neil Schwartzman, neil@cauce.ca
US liason, John Levine, johnl@cauce.org
See http://www.cauce.ca/about.html for other board members

Objectives

17. 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 Canada. See
http://www.cauce.ca

18. What ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your
organization's constituents/membership:

WHOIS data, IP address alocation, new domains

19. 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 Canada's limited budget permits

Signature

(Include the name, and title, if applicable, of the individual
who is authorized by your organization to sign this application
and commit your organization to comply with ALS criteria.)

Neil Schwartzman, chair, on behalf of the CAUCE Canada board