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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>Kieren,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>I am surprised by the tenor of your mail. If one is genuinely
interested in finding out how one (or ones institution) can improve; humility
and openness are pre-requisites. If you have already decided what will be
valuable and what will not be valuable in others views, and also are using
colorful language on possible feedback (see excerpts below)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>"<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>the RFC is not about
rolling out the usual fantasies about how ICANN can be restructured, or moaning
about something that happened three or more years ago. As far as ICANN is
concerned, those days are over " . </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>"please do not waste your time and mine writing a diatribe
and then expect it to be included in discussions"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"I
am sure this post will attract the usual personal insults"
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>"If it is, as I fear it will be, the usual rants with a
smattering of other comments, I have plenty of other things to take up my
time"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>it is unlikely to be conducive to getting to know and understand
what others think about icann.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>Bill Drake has already responded with why the discussions on this
list relating to icann are not 'historical' or purely 'negative'. There are
other reasons why your posting on the RFC can be considered
flawed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>1. the critical issue for this list is not just 'how icann can be
made more efficient' but rather that what is the ig space and includes what can
be the icann role in that space and what is the legitimacy icann requires in
order to play such a role (current icann structure is illegitimate - it
plays a role in governing global resources and is under the control of a single
govt, secondly with this illegitimacy, it seems to be moving from
working for 'technical stability" to clearly issues of public policy domain as
was evident from the recent discussions on the .xxx gtld - see also the report
from Karl Auerbach). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>2. the goal is not merely being <FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080 size=2>"driven solely by a desire to improve the Internet and its
functioning – and I think it’s a real shame that you can’t simply assume that –
one of the most effective ways of doing that will be to work within ICANN’s
self-changing processes." ...</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>it can also be how to make a new paradigm as the internet
meaningful to the large sections across the world who have been historically
marginalized. The focus is not solely on the internet itself, but how
development and equity goals can be furthered (as they indeed can be) through
the new information society that we are attempting to build. The current set of
internet users are the ones who may benefit most from a better functioning
internet, but to make internet actually 'available' (not in terms of mere
access, but rather of effective use) to everybody in the world is a
challenge for internet governance, far bigger than 'better functioning'. And as
we have argued earlier on this list, the internet community is not merely those
who logon today, but all those who are impacted by the net (which is or will
soon be the entire humanity). And in the same vein, the views in Dhaka or
Accra may be different from what you may find in San Juan on
icann.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>3. The support to the above view comes from the goal of a
'development oriented information society' that the WSIS DOP calls for; and how
icann and other institutions can help towards building such a society. The goal
also is how such a process itself can be as participatory and democratic as
possible, beyond usual 'inter-governmental pacts' or beyond 'privatised
arrangments' (such as icann) to one with greater role for civil society and
other constitutencies. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>Sorry to say it, but the sort of arrogance / intolerance i see in
your mail is what can put others off. Just as we have to assume (and rightly so
imo) that those who see icann as the best possible institutional arrangement for
internet governance are driven by their vision of a better society, those that
find icann an illegitimate, non-transparent, exclusive, non-accountable
institution should be assumed to be equally so driven and discussions on this
list have often been brave efforts across this spectrum to figure out some
ways forward.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>I have tried to keep my post as mild as possible and hope it wont
be labelled as a 'diatribe'! Hope you can reconsider your RFP terms and more
importantly the underlying thinking. It may enthuse more to contribute to your
efforts in this regard, as general manager for 'public
participation'.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=125514401-13052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=125514401-13052007><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
color=#0000ff>Guru</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Kieren McCarthy
[mailto:kierenmccarthy@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:57
PM<BR><B>To:</B> governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [governance] ICANN
RFC on its performance<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I recognise that
raising this may be the online equivalent of throwing a lump of meat to a pack
of starving wolves, but then *<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">not raising
it</SPAN></B>* seemed more stupid to me because of the depth of knowledge and
expertise on this list.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ICANN has put out a
Request for Comments on its performance. And since this list seems to discuss
little else, I really think you should review it and get involved.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Taking my newly
acquired ICANN hat off for a second, the idea of discussing ICANN at the IGF is,
I assume, in order to draw attention to the elements of the ICANN model that
people don’t think are working properly. There are some genuine grievances there
and it’s understandable that people would wish them raised at the Internet
Governance Forum. I would argue however that most of these grievances are
rapidly becoming historical, and that is the reason why the IGF will likely not
discuss them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For those people that
are driven solely by a desire to improve the Internet and its functioning – and
I think it’s a real shame that you can’t simply assume that – one of the most
effective ways of doing that will be to work within ICANN’s self-changing
processes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ICANN hat back on (yes,
it was off for that last paragraph). The RFC is out there for public comment. It
is structured around a series of questions about how ICANN is doing and how it
has done (I will list them below). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am ICANN’s general
manager of public participation. That means I consider it *<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">my job</SPAN></B>* to encourage participation and
input from the Internet community. I also consider it my job to make sure that
input is heard at the relevant levels within ICANN.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am sure this post
will attract the usual personal insults but my record stands for itself when it
comes to publicly raising issues in this field. I would request that people make
use of that.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Let me make it quite
plain though, the RFC is not about rolling out the usual fantasies about how
ICANN can be restructured, or moaning about something that happened three or
more years ago. As far as ICANN is concerned, those days are over and now it is
all about getting the job done. So any feedback that focuses on helping ICANN
get the job done will be gratefully received. Plus feedback on recent changes in
ICANN – if ICANN is going along the right path. Do provide your views with as
many facts as possible. They will be listened to.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you do not want to
provide this sort of feedback, for whatever reason, then please do not waste
your time and mine writing a diatribe and then expect it to be included in
discussions. You can continue trying to get your issues raised outside ICANN.
For those that want to provide ICANN with a helpful outside perspective however,
please do respond.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The deadline is 5 June.
If there is enough material on ICANN’s sites on 6 June (note: not on this
governance mailing list – I will not be considering material in response to this
post) to justify it, I will put in a request for a meeting at San Juan where we
can discuss this topic openly and freely and I’ll stick myself in as the
organiser. I will then produce a report on what is discussed and I will make
sure that everyone in ICANN knows about it, from the receptionist to the CEO.
But that’s only if the material is useful and if there is enough of it. If it
is, as I fear it will be, the usual rants with a smattering of other comments, I
have plenty of other things to take up my time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So, that
RFC:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As part of
an ongoing interest in continuous improvement, ICANN is seeking community
feedback about its performance. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">All
responses are welcome. Targeted comments regarding several areas of performance,
which have been drawn from the ICANN Strategic Plan, are of particular
interest:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Is ICANN becoming
more transparent, accessible and accountable? What improvements have been
observed and what still needs to be done?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Has ICANN improved
its operational performance? What improvements have been observed and what
still needs to be done?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Has ICANN improved
its performance in the development of Policy? What improvements have been
observed and what still needs to be done?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Has ICANN
increased international participation? What improvements have been observed
and what still needs to be done?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Have there been
improvements in participation and in efficiency of the ICANN multi-stakeholder
model? What more needs to be done?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What plans and
actions have been observed that position ICANN for more comprehensive
transition of the technical coordination of the Internet’s system of unique
identifiers. What more needs to be done?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What improvements
have been made in dispute resolution and the application of fairness and
equity in the management of complaints and other mechanisms of review that are
available? These include the work of the reconsideration committee, the
Ombudsman and independent review.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Comments will be
received at <A
href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/performance-2007/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/performance-2007/</A>
until June 5, 2007 and should be sent to: <A
href="mailto:performance-2007@icann.org">performance-2007@icann.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can see this
announcement here: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08may07.htm">http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08may07.htm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have also put up a
blog post about it (open to comments) here: <A
href="http://blog.icann.org/?p=125">http://blog.icann.org/?p=125</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And I have created a
page on the Public Participation site (wide open and proud of it) here: <A
href="http://public.icann.org/issues/performance">http://public.icann.org/issues/performance</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Feel free to discuss
freely on the Public Participation site. If you want a chatroom for it, just
ask. If you want a structured forum page for it, just
ask.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And please do spread
the news of this RFC as far and as wide as you can.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers. See you all in
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City> in a few
weeks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
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