Call for Participation: New gTLDs Consensus
The volunteers at ICANNwiki would like to invite you to join us in a new grassroots effort. We’ve created a space and a process to help the community coalesce consensus around the New gTLDs policy issue. Our first target is modest: We are seeking 10 forward thinking ICANN people with a diversity of affiliations to help us frame a consensus statement of exactly what the “New gTLDs Policy Issue” is. You can participate in this important process by visiting Consensus:New gTLDs and adding your name to the list.
The New gTLDs Consensus will be bootstrapped by succeeding at a series of three consensus polls. Each stage builds on the preceding stage, adding additional sections to the consensus document and increasing the breadth of participation.
Consensus Polling is about winning together or refusing to play the game. It is only really appropriate when a group of individuals desire to collectively solve a problem that affects them all. It seeks to avoid voting for candidate options when such a vote would generate winners and losers and thus divide the community that must support the result of the collective decision.
Rather than a menu of candidates to choose from, the entire process is controlled by an evolving YES/NOT YET barometer or acceptance meter. The acceptance meter reflects the suitability of a single community-owned community-developed collaborative solution. All participants are free to change their status at any time. A YES status says “I believe the current articulation of our solution is good enough.” A Not Yet status says “I have concerns that haven’t been adequately addressed by the current solution.” Only when the YES number passes some high, pre-specified threshold (e.g., 90%) can the solution proposed be considered to reflect the consensus of the community.
If you are interested in playing a role in this important process please visit Consensus:New gTLDs and participate.
For more information about what’s going on in the domain name and ICANN community, go to http://www.ICANNwiki.org and participate.
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