[governance] Ethics and Disclosure by Lessig

Wed Sep 12 12:29:51 EDT 2007

This is the perfectly wrong time to start talking about ICANN, so I will.

The latest issue of the ICANN magazine, covering what the organisation did
last month and is doing this month is out. 

You can see it and sign up for it at: http://www.icann.org/magazine/

I should also be releasing a lengthy document - hopefully by the end of the
week - I've compiled about each policy aspect split according to what
happened at the San Juan meeting, what will happen in LA at the end of
October, and what will happen in between. 

If you sign up to the magazine, you will get that as well - although it is
best to sign up for "meeting-updates" on the sign-up form if you want to get
the next one (as well as updates before, during and after the LA meeting).

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Very importantly, I would be delighted if people would take part in a very
quick six-question survey about ICANN and information. This is your chance
to say what you want more information on and how you want it.

If you have ever complained about the information ICANN provides and in what
format, then this is your chance to change the way it works. It will take
less than five minutes, it is very easy to fill in, so please click the link
below:

https://www.bigpulse.com/916i

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Getting to the issue of the IGF: in the magazine, there is an interview with
ICANN CEO Paul Twomey (that I did) and the last question covers the IGF.
Here is the excerpt:

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KM: One of the big events just after the Los Angeles meeting in November is
the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Rio where the topic of 'critical
Internet resources' is going to be discussed. What role do you see ICANN
playing at that meeting?

PT: I think the fact that critical Internet resources are one of the agenda
topics is a good thing. Very importantly, though, the function ICANN does is
only a small part of what critical Net resources are, and I think it's
important - especially for developing countries - that that discussion also
has to be about critical infrastructure and application-layer stuff as well
as simply the domain name system and IP addressing.

PT: But nevertheless, in terms of DNS and IP addressing, I think that ICANN,
the Regional Internet Registries and others have a great story to tell, and
we're proud to go out and tell that story: what we do; how multi-party
stakeholder models work; the increasing number of country codes and
governments that have been involved in our work; the way in which the policy
procedures work; the further internationalization of ICANN as an
international non-profit organization: I think those are all good news
stories, so we'll be confident and happy to go forward and have that
discussion.

[ends]

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While we're doing disclosures:

* ICANN pays me as a consultant in my position as general manager of public
participation, although this will change to employee status when I move to
Los Angeles, most likely in October.

* I am a freelance journalist covering, well, whatever I want, but mostly
Internet issues and mostly in the UK press. I don't get much income from
this at the moment as ICANN eats up all my time.

* I run a highly readable and interesting, bordering on fascinating blog at
http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk but I haven't stuck any ads on it as yet.
Although I should because I get a lot of traffic (just under 20,000 pages a
day).

* I wish I was making more money off my book Sex.com - which is a
fascinating read and everyone on this list should buy a copy from
Amazon.co.uk (http://sexdotcom.info/about/buy.htm). I have yet to get a
royalty cheque and the advance was gone before it arrived. There is a
website which I run covering the whole thing at: http://sexdotcom.info/. 

* I won £5 on the fruit machine in the Grapes of Wrath in Oxford last week. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Lowenhaupt [mailto:toml at communisphere.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:02 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Avri Doria
Subject: [governance] Ethics and Disclosure by Lessig

As one who reads this list I suspect one of those storms about who has horns

and halos is again approaching. Before moving too far into it, I recommend 
reading Larry Lessig's take on disclosure at 
http://lessig.org/blog/2007/06/disclosure_statement_and_state.html and his 
personal statement there on "How I Make My Money."

He presents a very high standard.

Tom Lowenhaupt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avri Doria" <avri at psg.com>
To: "Governance Caucus" <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
Cc: "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet at mdpi.net>; <pouzin at well.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [governance] Re : New WSIS Civil Society Working Group on 
Information Networks Governance

>
> On 12 sep 2007, at 09.33, Adam Peake wrote:
>
>> You and Louis seem to be hinting rather strongly that a few of us  are in

>> the pay of some government, business or the "domain name  milk cow". 
>> It's a little insulting. But typical.
>
> it is not only being in the employ of one of these organizations that 
> disqualifies someone for membership.
> even being a volunteer in an internet based organization like, IETF, 
> ICANN, ARIN etc., is enough, as i understand it.
> though if one is only a member of ISOC, that may be ok, as I  understand 
> it.  but it would be good to understand the qualities that  mark one as 
> unqualified.  i assume there are some objective criteria,  and since the 
> new association was announced here, it would be good to  understand the 
> membership litmus test clearly.
>
> another question i have, is whether those of us who are unredeemably 
> tainted, as i assume i am, can join the mailing list?
>
> thanks
>
> a.
>
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