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At-Large as the voice of the user in ICANN Governance

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy,
ISOC India Chennai as an at Large Structure
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Internet
What is Internet?

Wires and cables connected to motherboardes?

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Internet
Or is it more appropriate to ask

Who is the Intenet?

Internet is 1.3 billion users, sooner or later the

whole world
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Internet Evolution
Closely knit academic / defense network

Proprietary Network

Rapidly evolved into a user-centric Internet with

an end-to-end model, Users built it up.

Cause for concern about recent concerns.

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Internet Governance

User forms an important part of the Multi stake

holder process.
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ICANN

Critical Internet Resources

An International Organization with a DOC

presence

Requires inputs from users to make the

right decisions.
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At Large

Over 100 at Large structures

 
Five regional groups
 
Geographically well balanced to
represent users
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At Large representing users - some

milestones
fast tracked the ccTLD process 
its role in the introduction of IDNs
IPv4 to IPv6 transition
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At Large representing users - some

challanges
At Large needs to be better represented in ICANN's
Board

At Large needs to reach out better.

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Thank you
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
isolatedn@gmail.com