Global coordinating organization for the internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has opened a comment window for the final report of its geographic regions review.
The window expected to last till December 19, 2011 was
opened on Friday, September 30, this year.
Public statement from ICANN made available to ITRealms
Online indicated that geographic diversity is a fundamental component of the
ICANN organization.
As such, the ICANN Bylaws, especially the Article VI Section
5, currently defined five geographic regions comprising Africa, North America,
Latin America/Caribbean, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Europe.
ITRealms Online also gathered that the ICANN Geographic
Regions were originally created to ensure regional diversity in the composition
of the ICANN board and were subsequently expanded in various ways to apply to
the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), At-Large Advisory Committee
(ALAC) and the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO).
The contact person for the review at ICANN, Mr. Robert
Hoggarth, noted that for the past two years a community-wide working group
chartered by the ICANN board has been working to first, confirm the history,
underlying principles and goals of the current geographic regions framework.
Secondly, he said, the working group examined analyzed how
those goals and principles have been applied by the Board, Staff and community
and thirdly, consulted with the community on how those principles and goals
could be best maintained in the future.
“This Draft Final Report reflects the penultimate step of
that research and consultation effort,” he said.
Additionally, he said, the draft document outlines specific
recommendations from the Working Group to the ICANN Board regarding how the
present Geographic Regions Framework could be modified to ensure that the
organizational principles of geographic and cultural diversity are honored and
maintained.
“Those recommendations are based on thorough research,
extensive community consultation and reflect the points of view of a wide range
of the ICANN community,” he outlined.
Hoggarth pointed out that being mindful of the potential
implications even small changes to the framework could have on the wider
community, the working group decided to make this draft document available to
the internet community for review and comment before the group formally
publishes its final report.
“The WG will closely review all submitted comments to
determine if further modifications to the draft document are necessary,” he
assured.
ITRealms Online recalls that the ccNSO Council
approved a resolution in 2007 recommending that the ICANN Board appoint a
community-wide working group to further study and review the issues related to
the definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions, to consult with all
stakeholders and submit proposals to the Board to resolve the issues relating
to the current definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions.
The rest of the community supported the concept of the
working group and the Board authorized its formation at its December 2008
Meeting.
Additionally, the Board approved the charter of the working
group at its public meeting in June 2009 with copies of the Charter in all six
UN languages.
Further, the Working Group produced two previous reports,
including an Initial Report in which the Working Group identified the various
applications and functions to which “ICANN Geographic Regions” are currently
applied by existing ICANN structures; secondly documented other regionally
identified processes and structures used within ICANN but not defined in the
Bylaws; and (3) detailed the “issues” that it thought should be covered during
its subsequent investigations.
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