<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv8544038301"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_116571"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_116570" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111098">Dear Pranesh,</div><div id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111901"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111099">I commend you for bringing this debate back. I didin't know of this document and this great statement by the IGC until you share it here. After a quick read on it, I noticed there have been improvements on the way ICANN operates (following some of "our" recommendations). <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111101"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111102">Can I say we are on the right track? I also commend the work done by the IGC members at that time and for this great statement at the WSIS.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111103"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111108">As an ICANN Fellow, I can see some of the recommendations (made in 2005) have been solved thanks to the committment of many of our civil society colleagues who are very active within the ICANN system. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112066">I would say we have moved forward on issues such as:<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111985"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">
</div><div id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111990" style=""><i id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112057"><span id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111991" style="font-size:14.0pt;"><font id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112292" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="2">2. ICANN must ensure
full and equal multi-stakeholder participation on its Board, and throughout its
organizational structures of the community of Internet users, national
governments, civil society, the technical community, business associations, non
profit organizations and non-business organizations. Particular attention
should be paid to developing country's participation.</font></span></i></div><div id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112610" style=""><br clear="none"><i id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112057"><span id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111991" style="font-size:14.0pt;"></span></i></div><div id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112615" style=""><font id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112764" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="1"><i id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112694"><font id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112693"><span id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112616" style="font-size:14pt;">7. Governments,
individuals, and international organizations, including NGOs, would have the
right and responsibility of bringing violations of these requirements to the
attention of ICANN and if satisfactory resolution cannot be reached using ICANN
internal processes, should have the right to invoke a binding appeals process.</span></font></i></font></div><div dir="ltr">
</div><div id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112215" style=""><br clear="none"><i id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112057"><span id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111991" style="font-size:14.0pt;"></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111195">However, the points you mention re ICANN being incorporated in CA and the fact that the Post-IANA Transtion is likely to be implemented in that same direction, this debate is worth it and I will be glad to hear from our experienced members who are also either on the ICANN Board or in other leadership positions within ICANN's AC/SO.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112027"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_112028">Let's discuss... <br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8544038301signature" id="yiv8544038301yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461664943978_111105"><div 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Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv8544038301yqt3700035326" id="yiv8544038301yqtfd02998"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> Le Mardi 26 avril 2016 23h44, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh@cis-india.org> a écrit :<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv8544038301y_msg_container">Dear all,<br clear="none">In 2005 at WSIS, here are some of the demands made by the Civil Society <br clear="none">Internet Governance Caucus:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> “ICANN will negotiate an appropriate host country agreement to replace its California Incorporation, being careful to retain those aspects of its California Incorporation that enhance its accountability to the global Internet user community.<br clear="none">> "ICANN's decisions, and any host country agreement, must be required to comply with public policy requirements negotiated through international treaties in regard to, inter alia, human rights treaties, privacy rights, gender agreements and trade rules. …<br clear="none">> "It is also expected that the multi-stakeholder community will observe and comment on the progress made in this process through the proposed [Internet Governance] Forum."<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/pc3/contributions/sca/hbf-29.doc">https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/pc3/contributions/sca/hbf-29.doc</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Do the IGC membership disavow this stand?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">And what do the membership of allied civil society groupings like Best <br clear="none">Bits think about this, given that not just ICANN but even the new <br clear="none">"Post-Transition IANA" is currently set to be incorporated as a <br clear="none">California corporation?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">~ Pranesh<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Pranesh Prakash<br clear="none">Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://cis-india.org/">http://cis-india.org </a>| tel:+91 80 40926283<br clear="none">sip:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pranesh@ostel.co" target="_blank" href="mailto:pranesh@ostel.co">pranesh@ostel.co</a> | xmpp:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/pranesh">https://twitter.com/pranesh</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">____________________________________________________________<br clear="none">You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br clear="none"> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" 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