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ICANN
Domain Name Supporting Organization Formation
Concepts, March 4, 1999
The following document was adopted by the ICANN Board:
Domain Name Supporting Organization Formation Concepts
To be used by the ICANN staff in preparation of draft Bylaw provisions
detailing the structure and mechanisms of the Domain Name Supporting
Organization.
The Role of the DNSO
The Domain Name Supporting Organization ("DNSO") should be a
consensus-based policy advisory body within ICANN.
General Participation in the DNSO
The DNSO structure should include a General Assembly open to any
individual or entity willing to contribute effort to the work of the DNSO.
Constituency Groups Within the DNSO
The DNSO structure should include self-organized constituency groups of
organizations and/or individuals with interest and expertise in DNSO
matters. The
initial DNSO constituency groups should be (in alphabetical order):
ccTLD registries
Commercial and business entities
gTLD registries
ISPs and connectivity providers
Non-commercial domain name holders
Registrars
Trademark, intellectual property, anti-counterfeiting interests
Individual domain name holders should be able to participate in
constituencies for which they qualify.
There should be no limitation on the number of constituency groups in
which an entity may participate, as participants may have interests that
align with
multiple constituency groups. However, given the consensus that the
DNSO should represent a broad and diverse range of interests, no more than
one
employee of any one organization should be permitted to serve on the
Names Council at one time.
Self-organized groups other than the initial groups set forth above may
be recognized by the ICANN Board as DNSO constituency groups upon a proper
showing pursuant to criteria to be determined. The ICANN Board should
periodically review the status of the constituency groups to determine
whether all
DNSO interests are adequately represented.
The Names Council
The Names Council should act as a steering committee for the DNSO and
should be responsible for managing consensus and making recommendations to
the
ICANN Board regarding TLDs, including operation, assignment and
management of the domain name system and other related subjects.
The Names Council should be elected by the DNSO constituency groups,
each of which will elect three Names Council members.
Development of Substantive Recommendations
The Names Council recommendations should be developed through a
bottom-up process in which participants in the General Assembly take part.
Recommendations approved by a majority of the Names Council shall be
forwarded to the ICANN Board, accompanied by expressions of minority views
(including explanations of the potential impact of a recommendation on
a specific constituency or constituencies).
Selection of ICANN Directors
The DNSO Names Council should seek nominations from the General
Assembly for individuals to serve on the ICANN Board. The Names Council
shall
vote from among those nominees to select directors to be submitted to
the ICANN Board of Directors for election under Article IV, Section 9(b) of
the
ICANN Bylaws.
Open Processes
The DNSO should be governed by provisions for open and transparent
non-discriminatory processes that are at least comparable with those that
apply to the
ICANN Board. Further provisions may be established to ensure that the
full record of the formation of each recommendation is available.
Funding
Administrative and operational costs of the DNSO should be funded by
DNSO participants in a manner to be determined.
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