<div dir="ltr"><div><span name="John Curran">Precisely, in this line of thought, is it desirable then to work towards an AoC type of agreement between ICANN and GAC members, ultimately? Which AoC will then supersede the current one with a single government.</span></div>
<div><span name="John Curran"></span> </div><div><span name="John Curran">There was a time an international framework convention was advocated by a well respected US academic institution, now we understand it is out of date (and we know now Internet is averse to international treaties.) Would a multilateral AoC between ICANN and GAC make sense? Because otherwise, GAC just looks like an informal collection of governments taking sometimes the freedom to push for a position that would be illegal even in their own country (making ICANN into an informal market for government policy, notwithstanding whatever is in the ICANN Bylaws about GAC).</span></div>
<div><span name="John Curran"></span> </div><div><span name="John Curran">I shall add if such multilateral AoC were to be the way, when comes the time, I'd expect the drafting/negotiation phase to go through iterations for multistakeholder and internet community inputs.</span></div>
<div><span name="John Curran"></span> </div><div><span name="John Curran">Mawaki</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Sonigitu Ekpe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:soekpe@gmail.com" target="_blank">soekpe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>+1 to John's opinion on ......."ICANN having solid multiple-government AoC-based oversight,"...........</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Jun 1, 2013 4:55 AM, "John Curran" <<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org" target="_blank">jcurran@istaff.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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On May 28, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@ella.com" target="_blank">avri@ella.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> - the Affirmation of Commitments reviews, including the Accountability and Transparency Review Team I am currently on, are a soft oversight mechanism. And I think a rather clever one at that - though I am presumptuous enough to beleive most people don't understand how really clever it is.. I don't think that even ICANN fully understands or accepts it yet, (see how presumptuous an idiot savant can be?) I think once it is fully developed (we are only in the second iteration) and ICANN learns to accept it as oversight, I think a certain level of maturity will have been demonstrated.<br>
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Avri - Excellent observation.<br>
<br>
Having strong and successful Affirmation of Commitments processes (including<br>
multiple government participation) is very likely a key prerequisite before any<br>
possible change to the unique USG oversight role for ICANN... In particular,<br>
one has to be confident that any future ICANN that might "go off the rails" can<br>
(through its own mechanisms such as reconsideration and external mechanisms such<br>
as the AoC) be brought back to proper performance of its coordination role on<br>
behalf of the global Internet community.<br>
<br>
A question to the USG (regarding ending the USG's unique role) is only germane<br>
when the precondition is met of ICANN having solid multiple-government AoC-based<br>
oversight, otherwise it is likely to be far too hypothetical for any meaningful<br>
response.<br>
<br>
FYI,<br>
/John<br>
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Disclaimers: My views alone. Partaking of raw or underdeveloped organizations<br>
may increase one's risk of a systemic disorder.<br>
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