THanks for the question, Jay.
We tried to address this subtly in the FAQ question about constituency
formation, because we want to let the constituencies from themselves -
bottom up. But we certainly want open constituencies, in terms of point of
view if not necessarily what the point of view is about. That is, if a
constituency purposely excludes one side of a broad range of views of, say,
registrar opinion, then there would be some justification for a second
constituency of registrars to form itself. An interest group is most
likely better off getting its opposition to join it rather than fostering
the creation of an opposing constituency. Thus, we encourage constituencies
to call for members publicly, and given that the DNSO is part of ICANN, I
would assume they can use icann-announce to do so.
On your choice of constituencies, I defer to others' comments, and to your
own good sense.
Respectfully,
Esther
At 10:49 AM 16/03/99 -0500, Jay Fenello wrote:
>
>Hello Esther,
>
>One of the decisions of the ICANN Board was to approve
>a DNSO that featured overlapping constituencies. This
>creates a problem common to all constituencies, namely,
>where do we draw the lines.
>
>For example, Iperdome may desire to join the following
>constituencies, for the following reasons:
>
>ccTLD registries
> Iperdome is the official registry for
> the .per.nu domain, sub-delegated via
> RFC-1591
>
>Commercial and business entities
> Iperdome is a business entity
>
>gTLD registries
> Iperdome is a prospective gTLD registry
>
>ISPs and connectivity providers
> Iperdome is an ISP
>
>Non-commercial domain name holders
> Iperdome's clients are almost exclusively
> non-commercial domain name holders.
>
>Registrars
> Iperdome acts as a registrar for personal
> domain names.
>
>Trademark, intellectual property, anti-counterfeiting interests
> Iperdome is a trademark, and .per(sm) is a
> service mark.
>
>My concern is that certain constituencies are
>attempting to form in private, behind closed
>doors. This could easily result in a biased
>process, one that excludes legitimately
>interested parties.
>
>I hereby request that the ICANN Board clearly
>indicate that this is not acceptable, and that
>any constituency wishing to be recognized by
>ICANN must form via an open process.
>
>So far, I have only seen "public" postings to
>form the registrar and the non-commercial domain
>name holders constituencies, yet I am aware of
>"private" postings for the trademark and ccTLD
>registries constituencies.
>
>Please clarify this situation now, before
>things get any worse.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Jay Fenello
>President, Iperdome, Inc.�
>404-943-0524� http://www.iperdome.com
>
>
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