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<font face="Verdana">A lot of stuff about 'multistakeholder model of
IG' is based on a deliberate obfuscation about whether one is
talking about a subsidiary set of governance functions that relate
to technical management of the Internet </font>or about making
policy about the Internet. It is this obfuscation that for instance
allows the US to run with the hares at the same time as it hunts
with the hounds. This obfuscation is quite evident in this statement
by Strickling as well. <br>
<br>
The early part of the statement says<br>
<br>
"<span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">New challenges to the Internet emerge every day, whether
they are related to cybersecurity, privacy, or the free flow of
information across borders. As we confront these challenges, we
continue to debate a key question that has dominated international
discussions over the last decade or so, specifically who should
govern the Internet? Who should make the decisions that
determine what the Internet of tomorrow will look like?"</span><br>
<br>
Evidently, since some highest level public policy issues are
mentioned here, and so one would take that is the level of IG that
the statement is addressing. <br>
<br>
The statement goes on to recommend to "<span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN"> make these decisions through what is known as the
multistakeholder model of Internet governance</span>".<br>
<br>
Participation and consensus decision making are given as the two key
elements of the multistakeholder (MS) model of IG. Right! Now, if
this is about actual public policy matters, one does note that the
recent net neutrality decision was not made by consensus even within
the FCC, to say nothing about the views of the telco sector and the
Republicans. One would therefore really like to know what US means
by 'making all IG decisions by consensus'. But of course they are
not going to tell us, since it is all a spiel for the gullible and
nothing more! <br>
<br>
After making grand announcements about their support for the MS
model overall in the IG area, the moment they have to talk about
details one notices that it is all about technical management - they
speak of IETF, ICANN and so on. Why do they not then clearly tell us
that MS model is for the technical management area, while public
policy issues like net neutrality this will be done in the
traditional democratic ways, as was done for the recent net
neutrality decision in the US. This is what we really see them
doing. <br>
<br>
One sentence in the speech especially is a major give away. <br>
<span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN"><br>
"The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
adopted a set of principles for Internet policymaking in 2011 that
strongly endorse multistakeholder cooperation. The OECD
principles state, âmultistakeholder processes have been shown to
provide the flexibility and global scalability required to address
Internet policy challenges</span>."<br>
<br>
Let them describe how OECD adopted its Internet policy making
principles, which they claim strongly endorsed MS cooperation. Is
the method employed by the OECD for policy development what they
would call a MS model of policy development? If so, lets all adopt
it. I am fine with it. But that is no way any kind of an equal
footing model - govs make the draft, they take inputs from other
stakeholders, sometimes they informally share the final draft with
other stakeholders to seek wide acceptance, but whether there is
acceptance by all or not, it is the governments which decide and
sign on the final policy document. Would this be described as the MS
model of policy devleopment? If indeed so, I dont see where is any
dis agreement among any groups here at all. <br>
<br>
And if this is not a MS model of policy development, those here who
profess MS models of policy development should speak up and so say,
and also tell us what would they think would be right MS model of
policy development. There is no point in writing vague theoretical
things about MSism .... One needs to come out and tell whether a
specific case is MS or not, and if not, what would be the
corresponding MS model. That would be some intellectual and
political honesty.<br>
<br>
It is clear that the US government believes in developing public
policies (including Internet related) in the traditional democratic/
governmental way, both at the national level (ex., the net
neutrality decision) and the international level (ex., OECD's
Internet policy principles). Equal footing MS policy devleopment
model is just a facade or rather a make-believe to keep at bay any
attempt to challenge their unipolar dominance over the global
Internet. Unfortunately, the US has been quite successful at this
strategy.<br>
<br>
Why do we then not simply call their bluff, declare the emperor
naked, rather than playing the mute complicit courtiers! I find it a
terrible insult to common people's intelligence and political
standing that US can keep making such statements, in the smug
knowledge that they have a huge cultivated global constituency
whereby no one is going to ask them the questions that are so simple
and obvious to ask. <br>
<br>
parminder <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 30 April 2015 02:19 AM,
Michael Gurstein wrote:<br>
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think so that it is clear that we are all talking about the
same thing, perhaps we could hear from any of the âcivil
societyâ proponents of multistakeholderism on this list
whether they see any distance between how Secretary
Strickling formulates the concept(s) and their own
position/formulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Avri, Jeanette, Wolfgang, Adam, Bill, Anriette, Milton,
anyone?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carolina Rossini<br>
<b>Sent:</b> April 29, 2015 5:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"><bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a>
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<b>Subject:</b> [bestbits] Remarks of Lawrence E. Strickling
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
Internet2 Global Summit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#282828"
lang="EN">Remarks of Assistant Secretary Strickling at
Internet2 Global Summit</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Â </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Remarks of Lawrence E. Strickling</span></strong><b><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN"><br>
<strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assistant
Secretary for Communications and Information</span></strong><br>
<strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internet2
Global Summit</span></strong><br>
<strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington,
D.C.</span></strong><br>
<strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April
28, 2015</span></strong></span></b><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2015/remarks-assistant-secretary-strickling-internet2-global-summit"
target="_blank">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2015/remarks-assistant-secretary-strickling-internet2-global-summit</a></span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">--As Prepared for Delivery--</span></strong><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">I am honored to be here to speak at Internet
2âs Global Summit. Internet2 has been a strong
partner with NTIA as a recipient of a $62 million
Recovery Act broadband grant. With this grant,
Internet2 has lit or upgraded over 18,000 miles of a
national fiber backbone network. This 100 gigabit
per second backbone is accessible to more than 93,000
community anchor institutions through Internet 2âs
partnership with regional research and education
networks. Several of these networks also received
NTIA grants so we know that in Michigan, North
Carolina and numerous other states, the good work of
Internet 2 and the research and education community is
driving higher speeds and lower cost broadband for
schools and other institutions of learning.</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">However, I did not come here today to talk
about broadband. My topic today is Internet
governance. This is an important and timely issue
for everyone who relies on the Internet but
particularly for the members of Internet2. As your
website states, âthe commercial Internet we know
today was shaped by the vision and work of the people
and organizations in the Internet2 community.âÂ
Indeed, we only enjoy the Internet today due to the
engagement of the academic community decades ago. </span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">The first four nodes on ARPANET, the
experimental network from which the Internet evolved,
were universities:Â UCLA, Stanford, the University of
California at Santa Barbara and the University of
Utah. The first message ever sent was between UCLA
and Stanford. We know from history that this first
attempt to login crashed the system but the problem
was quickly fixed and the rest is history. </span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">New challenges to the Internet emerge every
day, whether they are related to cybersecurity,
privacy, or the free flow of information across
borders. As we confront these challenges, we
continue to debate a key question that has dominated
international discussions over the last decade or so,
specifically who should govern the Internet? Who
should make the decisions that determine what the
Internet of tomorrow will look like? How can we
ensure that the decisions made today will enable the
Internet to continue to thrive as the amazing engine
of economic growth and innovation we enjoy today?</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">The debate has focused on two very different
choices. One choice is that governments alone should
make the key decisions on the governance of the
Internet. This is the choice favored by
authoritarian governments that want to restrict the
information available to their citizens. The other
choice is to rely on all stakeholders to make these
decisions through what is known as the
multistakeholder model of Internet governance.</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">What do we mean by the multistakeholder
model? One expert defines the multistakeholder model
as different interest groups coming together on an
equal footing to âidentify problems, define
solutions, and agree on roles and responsibilities for
policy development, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation.<a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="14d01dafb675ae2d__ftnref1"></a><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/print/speechtestimony/2015/remarks-assistant-secretary-strickling-internet2-global-summit#_ftn1"
target="_blank" title=""><sup>[1]</sup></a>â </span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">From that description, there are two key
attributes to emphasize:Â participation and consensus
decision-making.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Let me start with participation. Internet
policy issues draw a much larger range of stakeholders
than traditional telecommunications issues. One key
benefit of multistakeholder processes is that they can
include and engage all interested parties. Such
parties can include industry, civil society,
government, technical and academic experts and even
the general public. The Internet is a diverse,
multi-layered system that thrives only through the
cooperation of many different parties. Solving, or
even meaningfully discussing, policy issues in this
space, requires engaging these different parties.Â
Indeed, by encouraging the participation of all
interested parties, multistakeholder processes can
encourage broader and more creative problem solving.</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">The second key attribute is consensus
decision-making. It is important that stakeholders
come together on an equal footing. The best way to
ensure that all parties are treated equally is to make
decisions on a consensus basis. Final decisions need
to reflect the views of all stakeholders as opposed to
just the views of only one of the stakeholder
communities involved. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Multistakeholder organizations such as the
Internet Engineering Task Force and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
have played a major role in the design and operation
of the Internet and are directly responsible for its
success. Within the Obama Administration, we believe
that maintaining and extending this model is important
to ensure the continued growth and innovation of the
Internet.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">There is bipartisan support for the
multistakeholder model of Internet governance. Both
Republican and Democratic administrations have
consistently emphasized that the multistakeholder
process is the best mechanism for making decisions
about how the Internet should be managed. Congress
agrees. Earlier this spring, the Senate unanimously
passed Senate Resolution 71, which states that the
âUnited States remains committed to the
multistakeholder model of Internet governance in which
the private sector works in collaboration with civil
society, governments, and technical experts in a
consensus fashion.â </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Today, the Internet is at a critical
juncture. We are continuing to oppose efforts by
authoritarian regimes to replace multistakeholder
decision making with a process limited only to
governments. This debate came to a head in 2012 at
the International Telecommunication Unionâs World
Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT)
in Dubai. At this meeting, governments split over
whether the ITU, a United Nations organization in
which only nations have a vote, should have more
control over the Internet. A majority of countries
there supported greater governmental control. </span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">However, since that conference, we have seen
a growing acceptance of the multistakeholder model
around the world, but particularly in developing
countries. Democracies in the developed world have
long supported the multistakeholder model of Internet
policymaking. The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) adopted a set of
principles for Internet policymaking in 2011 that
strongly endorse multistakeholder cooperation. The
OECD principles state, âmultistakeholder processes
have been shown to provide the flexibility and global
scalability required to address Internet policy
challenges.â</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">What is now emerging is greater acceptance
of the model in developing countries. A year ago,
Brazil hosted the successful NetMundial conference,
which brought together a wide range of stakeholders
including technical experts, civil society groups,
industry representatives and government officials, all
on an equal footing with each other. At this meeting
not only did participants agree that Internet
governance should be built on democratic
multistakeholder processes, the entire meeting was a
demonstration of the open, participative, and
consensus-driven governance that has allowed the
Internet to develop as an unparalleled engine of
economic growth and innovation.</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Most recently, at the ITUâs 2014
Plenipotentiary conference in Busan, Korea late last
year, we saw the fruits of all our work to preserve
multistakeholder Internet governance. The United
States achieved all of its objectives in Busan,
including keeping the ITUâs work focused on its
current mandate and not expanding its role into
Internet and cybersecurity issues. </span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">This validation of the multistakeholder
model comes at a critical time. Last year, NTIA
announced its intention to complete the privatization
of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). Key to the
operation of the DNS is the performance of important
technical functions known as the IANA functions, the
most well known of which is the maintenance of the
authoritative root zone file, the telephone book for
the Internet that supports the routing of all traffic
to websites. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">The process of privatization of the DNS
began in 1998, when NTIA entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with ICANN to transition technical
DNS coordination and management functions to the
private sector. A year ago in March, NTIA asked
ICANN to convene a multistakeholder process to develop
a proposal to take the final step to complete the
transition of the U.S. stewardship over the IANA
functions to the international community. We did
this to ensure that the multistakeholder model for DNS
coordination continues. Some governments have long
bristled at the historical role the U.S. government
has played in the DNS and have used our continued
stewardship of the DNS as an excuse to argue for
greater government control over how the Internet is
governed.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">When we announced this transition, we
outlined some specific conditions that must be
addressed before this transition takes place. First,
the proposal must support and enhance the
multistakeholder model of Internet governance, in that
it should be developed by the multistakeholder
community and have broad community support. More
specifically, we will not accept a transition proposal
that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or
intergovernmental organization solution. Second, the
proposal must maintain the security, stability, and
resiliency of the domain name system. Third, it must
meet the needs and expectations of the global
customers and partners of the IANA services. And
finally, it must maintain the openness of the
Internet.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">We are pleased that the community has
responded enthusiastically to our call to develop a
transition plan that will ensure the stability,
security and openness of the Internet. The community
is in the process of developing proposals related to
the specific IANA functions as well as examining how
to ensure ICANN remains accountable to the global
Internet community. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">I am confident that engaging the global
Internet community to work out these important issues
will strengthen the multistakeholder process and will
result in ICANNâs becoming even more directly
accountable to the customers of the IANA functions and
to the broader Internet community. </span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Some of you here today are likely
participating in the stakeholder discussions to design
the transition plan. Others of you are no doubt
wondering why you should care about this transition
and what is at stake for you. The members of
Internet2, such as universities and research
institutions, depend on the free flow of
information. Completing the privatization of the
Domain Name System is an important step to ensure that
the Internet remains a global platform for the free
exchange of ideas, commerce and social progress.</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">Failing to complete the transition, as we
promised 17 years ago, risks breaking trust in the
United States and in the underlying system that has
enabled the Internet to work seamlessly for consumers
and businesses. Introducing this uncertainty could
have a significant impact on American companies that
depend on the Internet to do business if other
countries respond by erecting barriers to the free
flow of information or worst case, abandoning the
long-held belief in the power of a single Internet
root. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"
lang="EN">The transition plan is being developed by
the Internetâs stakeholders and must be a proposal
that generates consensus support from the
multistakeholder community. All of you can play a
role to ensure a good outcome. First, I encourage
you to participate in the transition planning
process. You are an important constituency and those
crafting this plan must hear from you as this
transition progresses. Second, stay informed on the
progress of the transition. When the community
completes its consensus plan, let your voice be heard
in support of completing the transition. We all have
a stake in this transition and in ensuring the
Internet remains an open, dynamic platform for
economic and social progress. Decades ago, the
academic community played a central role in the
development of the Internet; now we need you to play
an active role in its future.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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