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For
the list of the initial recognized constituencies please consult
the ICANN constituencies
page. If you find it too hard to find us, here is a shortcut.
The Cyberspace Association should be for Domain Name Owners
what an Automobile Association is for car-owners.
By
the year 2000, ICANN was promised to be a democratically run non-profit
organization (under California Law) , with an elected Board that
will set policy in the internet world of Domain Names, IP numbers
and root servers. It has already set policy, in the face of strong
opposition by Domain Name owners, with regards to an expansion
of Trade Mark rights on a Global scale.
Our
IDNO is a constituency, unrecognized but potentially the largest,
of the DNSO, the stakeholders in the Domain Name arena.
We
endeavour to represent the Individual Domain Name Owner.
We
perceive that Domain Name Ownership needs vigilant advocacy in
order to be secure.
We
have an on-line voting system in
place , that will help us run our constituency on the most democratic
lines. Our representatives on the DNSO will be elected by the
entire membership, from a General Assembly of members.
This
discussion list implements a policy of maintaining civil discourse.
Non-members who wish to post their opinions would help the clarity
of the discussion by providing a brief introduction of their position,
especially if they are partisans for other constituencies.
For detailed list rules, click here.
If
you are too busy to follow all our deliberations and discussions,
you can follow the same method to subscribe
to the one-way low volume
idno-announce mailing list.
Arguments
for having a separate Constituency for Individuals can be found
here.
The Internet Governance
Committee of the ACM supports a constituency for Individual
DN owners.
In
Santiago, we not only gained the support of the non-commercial
Domain Name holders constituency, but also of the General Assembly
of ICANN's DNSO
In
Yokohama, the General Assembly of the DNSO voted overwhelmingly
(67/3) in favour of the considered admittance of a Constituency
of Individual DN owners into the DNSO and the Names Council resolved
to create a Special Task force to review the DNSO structure.
However,
how much influence the General Assembly of the DNSO has is questionable.
We
need the numbers. We need you.
Join
the Cyberspace Association
Joining
criteria: Owning a Domain Name as an individual and having
administrative control over it. A domain name registered by a
company only gives it's owner the right to join, not the company.
Both
commercial and non-commercial individuals are welcome to join,
especially those who do not see commercial activity or non-activity
as the defining reason for participating in the DNSO.
Organisations
do not belong in this constituency, but individuals who have personally
paid for organisations' Domains, do.
Mission
Statement: To be a voice for the Individual DN owners in the
DNSO, to work for their interests and to provide representation
for them on the Names Council.
If
this proves impossible, our mission is to represent your interests
in Global fora in the widest sense.
Express your support by
becoming a Member!
Funding:
No joining fees have been set yet, but realistically, the bootstrap
members cannot be expected to fund the cost of the Association's
representations from their own pockets indefinitely.
Constituency
Bootstrap: Joop Teernstra LL.M.
For
the Initial Steering Committee that served the IDNO for a
3 months period that ended October 20, the following members were
elected:
Karl
Auerbach, Dan Steinberg, William X. Walsh, Mikki Barry, Kevin
Kelly, Srikanth Narra, Roeland Meyer, Bradley Thornton, Dietmar
Stefitz, Arnold Gehring, Andy Gardner,Rachel Luxemburg, Karl E.Peters,
Joe Abley, Mark Langston, Dennis Schaefer, David Zanetti, Rod
Dixon, Mark Measday, Joan Faber and Allan Speedy
The
first steering committee, in spite of the energetic efforts of
many of the members, ended in chaos due to its ill defined role
and powers. Personality conflicts played an important part.
A re-railing proposal
was adopted by the membership, paving the way for new Charter
provisions and a new executive committee with a well defined
mandate.
The Charter has been completed
and ratified by the members in sept. 2000.
The
discussion list functions as a General Assembly of members from
which elections for all Committees will proceed.
Statements
by the founders and other members standing for elective office
can be read by clicking on their names under the members button,
where founding members who have joined before the Berlin meeting
are listed. Other members are listed unless they have expressed
the wish not to be listed.
(last updated 26 August, 2004)
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