1.3 Public Participation and the At-Large Membership

For structural and historical reasons, there is a need for improved public participation in the current internal governance of ICANN, in order to establish its legitimacy as a quasi-public body that has a mission to decide policy matters of public interest and importance relating to the functionality of the Internet.

Addressing the need for public participation in turn suggests two subordinate questions: what is meant by the public? And what is understood by participation?

1.2.8 Where we find ourselves

1.3.1 Definition of the "public"