[Chapter-delegates] ISOC's great opportunity to inspire ethical policy discussion

[Dave Burstein]

Evan

    I hope you and others speak up for the motion to *request* all IGF
speakers to do basic disclosure as SOI or whatever other form is
appropriate. One of the leadership group wrote me that "getting financial
disclosures is really not realistic," reasonable given how long it took for
this motion to get to the floor. So this would be completely voluntary.

     The ICANN Statement of Interest below is far more than we would be
requesting, so I'd think this would be easy to approve. I'd support it, and
I think ISOC should rise to the occasion. Here's one from ICANN, chosen at
random.

 1) Your Name:

Andrew Merriam

Picture/Image:
*(Instructions: Click in the field to the right to open up the text input
window. Then click the <Insert> menu button, select <Image>, then choose
(or browse) to locate an image file (e.g., JPG, PNG, BMP) from your local
computer to upload. After insertion, please click on the picture and adjust
the size to no larger than 200 pixels).*


*2) Stakeholder Group:*Registries

3) Constituency:
Not Applicable

4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3):

5) Please identify your current employer(s):

Top Level Design LLC

6) Please identify your current position(s):

Business Development Coordinator

7) Please identify the type(s) of work performed:

Operational and Policy management of a new TLD Registry

8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g.,
country to which you pay taxes):

USA

9) Please list any financial relationship beyond *de minimus* stock
ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a
financial relationship or contract with ICANN:

None

10) Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a
representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid?
Yes*If the answer is “Yes,” please provide the name of the represented
individual or entity. (If professional ethical obligations prevent you from
disclosing this information, please enter "Private"):*

Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG)
*11) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or
benefits as requested in the following two questions:*

a) Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy
development processes and outcomes?

Yes

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO
policy development processes and outcomes:

They may impact registry operations (including but not limited to my
employer)

b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group,
constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team
member?

No

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the
name of the group, constituency, or person(s):

12) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which
you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable):



13) Additional Information (optional):



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On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Disclosure is good.
>
> One possible path to address this is to look at ICANN's concept of
> Statements of Interest (SOI). People post their affiliations, ownerships,
> client relationships in a manner that is accesible online. In the ICANN
> paradigm, while SOIs are generally optional they are considered a
> pre-requisite of effective multi-stakeholder participation, especially for
> voting positions.
>
> Here is the GNSO list of SOIs
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs> within ICANN and here
> is the At-Large list
> <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+New+SOIs+Workspace>.
> Some, including myself, have entries in both because their interest
> declarations are slightly different. You might find that quite a few of the
> IGF-US speakers already have SOIs available.
>
> Evan Leibovitch
> President
> ISOC Canada
>
>


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