Stockholm, June 5, 2001

This report is confined to the matters pertaining directly to the recognition or creation of a DNSO Individuals' constituency.

Danny Younger, Chairman of the General Assembly brought the following resolution to the attention of the ICANN Board:

The General Assembly of the DNSO resolves to express its support for the immediate acknowledgement of an Individuals' Constituency (a constituency of Individual Domain Name holders) by the ICANN Board in accordance with its Bylaws.

The General Assembly of the DNSO recommends to the ICANN Board that it place either the creation of such an Individuals' Constituency or the "approval in principle" on its agenda for a decision at the Stockholm plenary session.

Vint Cerf read out the following question presented on-line:

by Joop Teernstra (IDNO)
DNSO constituencies

In Berlin , the ICANN Board refused to consider the petition that was presented for the creation of an Individual Domain Name Holders' constituency.
In Santiago and Yokohama, again, it chose to defer the question.
As a result, this constituency in-spe never got to hear what requirements would need to be fulfilled for the Board to approve it.

Further self-organizing needs to take place.
Much has taken place already.
Now at this point, to progress any further, prospective organizers and members want to know if they are not wasting their time.

Can the Board recognize an Individuals Constituency IN PRINCIPLE this time around?

This was followed by a brief discussion by several Board members, Hans Kraaijenbrink, Andy Mueller-Maguehn and Karl Auerbach. (see scribe notes at cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/stockholm/archives.html)

The result was not a vote or a decision, but a referral by the Chairman of the Board, Vint Cerf of the question to the Names Council of the DNSO.

The Names Council had resolved on the previous day, as a direct result of the General Assembly vote on the Individial Domain Name Holders' constituency, to create a task force to come up with a "Request for Proposal" for such a constituency.

The Chair of the General Assembly, or a GA member elected for this role, would be invited to be part of this task force.