August 31, 2001
The NGO and Academic ICANN Study has released its Final Report on the importance and challenges of including the public voice in ICANN's decision-making processes.
The NAIS team will also be presenting the report at a workshop on September 8, 2001, as part of the ICANN Public Meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Complete Final Report US-letter A4 (~150 pages, ~650K)
NAIS has also produced a one-page abstract of the Final Report's conclusions and recommendations.
Introduction
1. The Public Voice, Legitimacy and ICANN
1.1 A Value-based and Conceptual Approach
1.2 ICANN's History and its Commitment to Public Representation
1.3 Public Participation and the At-Large Membership
2. Lessons and Challenges: The 2000 At-Large Election
2.1 Cross-Regional Elements: Board and staff election administration
2.2 Regional Reports
2.2.1 Africa
2.2.2 Asia and Pacific Region
2.2.3 Europe
2.2.4 Latin America
2.2.5 North America
2.3 Concluding Comparative Themes
3. Conclusions and Recommendations
3.1 Conceptual Recapitulation
3.2 The Failure of the Public Voice in the Current Conception of ICANN
3.3 Options for A Public Voice
3.4 At-Large Membership: Concept and Structure
3.5 Election Mechanisms and Structure
3.6 Other Mechanisms to Ensure the Public's Voice in ICANN
4. Proposed Action Plan & Timeline of Activities
4.1 Bylaws Changes
4.2 Timeline of At-Large Activities
5. Conclusion
Addendum
Note: Footnotes and references have been omitted from the HTML version of the Final Report. Please reference the Acrobat version for full citations.
Appendices (US-letter) (A4) are available in Acrobat format only; and include:
Appendix I:Internet Usage Statistics
Appendix II:At-Large Membership and Other Statistics
Appendix III:Participants/Interviewees
Appendix IV:Surveys/questionnaires
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