[Plenary] What should we use this list for ?

[Danny Younger]

Greetings Jeremy and Bertrand,

I am currently working on a project on behalf of a set
of "forgotten stakeholders" -- the community of domain
name registrants.

Last week I put forward a proposal to the ICANN
Chairman of the Board to establish a new Advisory
Committee with a narrow focus on registrant issues.

The proposal: 
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga-200709/msg01080.html

Peter's response:
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga-200709/msg01084.html

My reply:
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga-200709/msg01094.html

I am currently recruiting a team to properly develop
the concept and have brought on board nine project
participants thus far in the last few days (I expect
to have a team of about two dozen by the end of next
week -- I'll be recruiting additional members at the
NTIA's JPA Mid-term Review).

I anticipate that 2 dozen will be a workable number as
the earlier At-Large Organizing Committee (ALOC) had
27 members in their initiative that ultimately led to
the formation of the ALAC.

I'll get a website and blog set up within the next two
weeks but I still need to make arrangements for a
listserv, conference calls and/or the use of tools
such as Marratech or Eluminate.

I could really use a few specialists on board with
either experience in an Advisory Committee setting or
with structure-building or project management
experience.

I will be happy to forward further details upon
request.

best wishes,
Danny Younger



--- Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au> wrote:

> On 22/02/2008, at 12:14 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle
> wrote:
> 
> > A general announcement could be made by the IGF
> secretariat to  
> > remind people of the existence of the list and we
> could encourage to  
> > join people on the various lists we are subscribed
> to. It could  
> > provide a connection for MAG members to the
> general Forum community,  
> > in order for them to test ideas or get feedback.
> >
> > What do you think ?
> 
> 
> I couldn't agree more and have been saying the same
> for quite some  
> time.  The objective that you give for the greater
> promotion and use  
> of the list is a good one, but there are others: for
> example, the IGF  
> is weakest in its connection to the grassroots
> community of Internet  
> users at large outside of organised interest groups.
> With appropriate  
> promotion and facilitation, this mailing list could
> become a seed for  
> the development of a virtual community for the IGF
> that includes these  
> forgotten stakeholders, akin to those that exist
> around other Internet  
> governance institutions such as the IETF.  It could
> also provide more  
> of an ongoing identity and presence for the IGF as a
> whole, that is  
> otherwise largely invisible in between its annual
> meetings.
> 
> -- 
> Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
> Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant,
> actor
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> 
> 
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