NAIS Recommendation on ICANN AtLarge

1. NAIS Recommendationon ICANN AtLarge MdR Nov 11, 2001 NAIS (NGO & Academic ICANN Study)

2. NAIS (NGO and Academic ICANN Study) • An international group of scholars and representatives of the public interest community • Conducted comprehensive study of: • ICANN election • Concept of the At-Large membership • Nature of public representation

3. The NGO and Academic ICANN Study (NAIS) Izumi Aizu, Principle, ANR, Executive Research Fellow, GLOCOM, Adam Peake, Executive Research Fellow, GLOCOM, Japan Jerry Berman, Exec. Director, Alan Davidson, Assoc. Director, Rob Courtney, Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy and Tech, USA Christian Ahlert, Center for Interactive Media, U. Giessen, Germany Scott Harshbarger, President, Don Simon, General Counsel, and Andy Draheim, Senior Policy Analyst, Common Cause, USA Raúl Echeberría, Instituto Nacional de Investigatión Agropecuaria, Uruguay Clement Dzidonu, CEO, Int’l Institute for Info. Tech (INIIT), Ghana Alan Levin, South Africa Stefaan Verhulst, Director, Progamme in Comparative Media Law & Policy, Oxford U., UK Myungkoo Kang, Department of Communication, Seoul National U., Seoul, South Korea Jeanette Hofmann, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin, Germany

4. NAIS Final Report • Published in August, 2001 • Recommends: • Public Voice is critical to ICANN • Make AL Structure to allow full participation • Keep balanced Board Structure (9-9) • Postal & E-Mail Address for authentication • Funded as ICANN operational expense • Set “fence” on ICANN missions • Staff Accountability also important

5. ALSC Report: • Domain Name Holder is problematic: • Confusing and narrow in concept • Not fool-proof at all (IETF, ETSI pointed out) • Fee will create equity problem • Developer, Provider, User Boxesdo not work • Vague and confusing definition • No place for ISP, Biz, Non Commercial…

6. NAIS:Open, Inclusive Membershipfor Legitimacy of ICANN • Be open to Internet public: need for individual users as public voice • Be Inclusive: • Online registration and Postal verification • No membership fee • Fee will create equity problem • Should be part of ICANN operational expense

7. NAIS:Create Participatory Structure • Membership Council, elected by members • Facilitate participation, information flow • Working Committee to develop policy positions • Local, regional and national association for global participation

8. NAISRepresentation on the Board • Direct elections for half of Board • Balance of interests, users and SO s • Regional and Global election • Minimize fraud and capture • Restrict nationalistic and organizational campaign

9. AL Funding • ALSC: through membership fees with Domain Name registration • NAIS: by ICANN as an operational expense • Other options: • Cap the number of free membership • Voluntary contributions by members • Combination of membership fees plus some ICANN support • Contributions by domain name registrants • Combination of voluntary contributions by members and some ICANN support • Contributions by ICANN supporters & Internet users

10. Capping the Free Membership • Put certain cap to free membership • Eg. 50,000 per each region • 5,000 per each country • After which Membership Fee be charged • Merit: • More inclusive approach • Pragmatic to implement

11. Authentication • NAIS: E-mail/Postal mail + PIN return • ALSC: Domain Name registration • Other options: • Phone + PIN return • Credit Card