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Whomever,
Attached is a copy of your form for responses to Notice 97
regarding Domain TLD's. This is part one of my response.
More will follow File name is Notice-9.txt.
Regards,
-- Jeffrey A. Williams DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng. Information Eng. Group. IEG. INC. Phone :913-294-2375 (v-office) E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com--------------6D434F9D9E1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name="NOTICE-9.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline; filename="NOTICE-9.TXT"
GTLD-MOU POLICY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE =
NOTICE-97-01 =
ACTION: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS =
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: September 13, 1997 =
CLOSING DATE: October 13, 1997 =
SUBJECT: Review of Representation of Constituencies in the gTLD-MoU Polic= y =
Oversight Committee =
ADDRESSES: Electronic comments should be sent to notice-97-01@gtld-mou.or= g. =
Comments submitted can be in ASCII, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or HTML. =
Comments related to this request for comments can be found at =
http://www.gtld-mou.org/notice-97-01/. Written comments or comments submi= tted =
on diskette can be sent to: =
gTLD-MoU/Notice-97-01 =
ITU =
Place des Nations =
1211 Geneva 20 =
Switzerland =
If further information is required on this notice, please contact =
A. BACKGROUND =
The current gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee (POC) consists of appoint= ments =
from the:
* Internet Architecture Board (IAB) =
* Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) =
* Internet Society (ISOC) =
* International Telecommunication Union (ITU) =
* World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) =
* International Trademark Association (INTA) =
In addition, there are planned appointments from the:
* gTLD-MoU Policy Advisory Body (elected from signatories to the =
gTLD-MoU - see http://www.itu.int/net-itu/gtld-mou/signat.htm) =
* Council of Registrars (CORE) (elected by the Council of Registrars) =
The gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee believes that all gTLDs should be= =
administered by a genuinely international body with representatives of al= l =
the significant stakeholder interests in the Internet Domain Name System = (DNS). =
In addition, there are the following considerations
* POC is only involved in DNS oversight matters, not Internet governance= =
at large =
* POC needs to be representative and legitimate, thus with diversified =
composition =
* No single interest class nor entity should control POC =
* Terms of appointments shouldn't be so short as to undermine POC's stab= ility =
* POC membership can require an extensive commitment in time and resourc= es =
* As currently structured, POC membership is 14 people =
In order to accomplish better representation of other significant stakeho= lder =
interests in the Internet Domain Name System, the gTLD-MoU Policy Oversig= ht =
Committee (POC) proposes that the POC be expanded by adding representativ= es =
from interest classes that are clear stakeholders in the Internet DNS and= =
currently under-represented. =
We solicit suggestions from the public regarding:
* Internet DNS stakeholder interests that are under-represented in the =
gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee =
Stakeholders that are under represented are the general users, Domain h= olders, Educational institutions, and most types of commercial intrests or indust= ries.
An very concentrated effort should be made to solicit these groups for representation within POC and in some cases CORE.
* an appropriate procedure for nominating representatives;
POC should be involved in soliciting actively and through any and all means that can be gathered to acquire participation from these groups (See above). There should be a form on the gTLD site and any news groups= , internet media, and any other widely read publications to provide for =
inquiring or presenting this effort.
* an appropriate procedure for selecting the representative from each cl= ass; =
This should be done through a html form on the gTLD-MoU site or a link to that site from those Domains which choose to provide that link for the purposes of Voting for the representatives that are submitted. E= ach industry group, educational board of Regents, and ISP with users whom hav= e E-Mail ID's or DOmains running on their servers should be requested or =
provided the means through a html form to provide for a ballot for voting=
for two representatives from each group (See above). A time frame of 30 days should be made available to each Group to select 2 or more candidates for this purpose.
* the length of term each representative should serve; =
Each rep. should serve 2 to 3 years.
* mandatory term limits, if any;
Term limits should be limited to two. =
* whether representatives should be selected from groups within a class = (e.g. =
trade associations) or directly from the members of that class; =
Reps, should be solected directly from the members of that class.
* other considerations. =
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B. QUESTIONS: =
1. How many people do you think can constitute a functioning Policy Overs= ight =
Committee? =
[1-5 __] [5-10 __] [10-15 __] [15-20 __] [20-30 __] [Other (specify numbe= r) 100] =
2. Which interest classes require representation in the gTLD-MoU Policy O= versight =
Committee?
End-Users [yesx] [no__] =
Internet Service Providers [yesx] [no__] =
Telecommunications Companies [yes__] [no x] =
Public Interest Groups [yes x_] [no__] =
Business and Advertising Interests [yes x_] [no _] =
Content Providers [yes x] [no__] =
Internet Technical Infrastructure Interests [yes x] [no__] =
Software Suppliers [yes x] [no__] =
Trademark Community/Law [yes_x] [no __] =
Intergovernmental Interests [yes_x] [no__] =
Domain Name Registrars [yes x] [no__] =
Other (please specify, providing a short justification of this constitu= ency to
Some of these are overlapping groups. Or subgroups. (See my suggestio= ns above) =
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3. Which of the listed interest classes above do you think are under-repr= esented =
in the gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee? =
End-Users _x Internet Service Providers _x Telecommunications Companies ___ =
Public Interest Groups ___ =
Business and Advertising Interests ___ =
Content Providers _x =
Internet Technical Infrastructure Interests _x =
Software Suppliers _x =
Trademark/Legal ___ =
Intergovernmental Interests ___ =
Domain Name Registrars _x =
Other (please specify) Existing RSC's that are currently operating_____= __
4. For each of the interests classes you have indicated as under-represen= ted in =
the gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee:
Should each representative be selected from groups within a class (e.g.= , trade =
or other associations) or directly from members of that class? =
directly from members of that class =
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What is the appropriate procedure for nominating representatives for ea= ch of =
the classes that you have indicated are under-represented? =
Same as above. =
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What is the appropriate procedure for selecting representative for each= of the =
classes that you have indicated are under-represented? =
Not applicable. In that they are really sub groups of commercial inter= ests. =
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What is the length of term each representative should serve for each of= the =
classes that you have indicated are under-represented? If desired, plea= se =
include suggested mandatory term limits.
Same as above.
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5. Please discuss below any other considerations vis-=85-vis the structur= e of the gTLD- MoU Policy Oversight Committee not covered in this questionnaire.
Simply put, no one should have to sigh the MoU to necessarily be electe= d or serve on POC/PAB/CORE. =
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