[bestbits] [governance] Ad hoc Best Bits strategy meeting tomorrow lunchtime

[Adam Peake]

Hi John,

On Nov 7, 2013, at 5:03 AM, John Curran wrote:

> On Nov 6, 2013, at 2:47 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Thursday 07 November 2013 01:06 AM, John Curran wrote:
>>> Parminder - 
>>> 
>>> For my education - where is the distinction made in the Tunis agenda?
>>> 
>> John
>> 
>> The para 69 of Tunis Agenda and I quote
>> 
>> "69. We further recognize the need for enhanced cooperation in the future, to enable governments, on an equal footing, to carry out their roles and responsibilities, in international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet, but not in the day-to-day technical and operational matters, that do not impact on international public policy issues. "
>> 
>> This para explicitly excludes all elements of global Internet governance that pertains to technical operations and do not impact international public policy issues. Therefore RIR, IETF, ICANN and such of the I* group remain 'safe' and excluded from enhanced cooperation discussions and any ' institutional solutions' that may emerge out of them. 
> 

I don't find paragraph 69 easy to read and understand, too many commas.  But, I think paragraph 77 of the Tunis Agenda gives direction when it says, among other things, the IGF "would have no involvement in day-to-day or technical operations of the Internet".  We've had 8 years experience with IGF agendas and know what topics fall under its mandate, what is/is not day-to-day technical and operational matters.  Clearly the I* etc. are not safe from these proposals.

I think we can expect the current responsibilities of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) and Number Resource Organization (NRO), both policy coordination/development bodies, would be subsumed by this new "institutional solution" (UN body?).  As would the IANA function, global address pool, etc.  As would the Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO), which coordinates global ccTLD policy, etc, etc.  I guess you'd still be able to hand out addresses on a day-to-day basis, but the RIRs' bottom-up policy development processes used to guide those allocations would in future likely be sent down from the new institution.  Probably coordination of protocol development would come under the new institution: The IETF meeting taking place now in Vancouver would see representatives of the institution on stage, etc.

Tunis Agenda suggests WSIS implementation shouldn't involve the creation of any new institutions, something that was also made clear soon after Tunis in discussions about the organization of the IGF.  I guess that means this new "institutional solution" will be part of an existing entity.  It will be UN, and in the UN family the ITU would stand out as being the competent agency.

And somehow all this must be paid for.  UN is slashing budgets, the ITU has no cash, so some global tax likely to be suggested (again.)

Not good.

Best,

Adam



> Thanks for the reminder.
> 
> So on the question of terminology - 
>>> Do we have commonly accepted terminology for referring to "Internet 
>>> substantive public polices" vs "Internet operational matters"?
>>> 
> these are "Internet _public policy_ issues", as opposed to "Internet policy development issues"...
> 
> Are we all using the phrase "Internet public policy" consistently, when referring to matters of 
> norms and customs on the Internet?   (e.g.  there are likely aspects of globalization of ICANN
> and IANA which pose Internet public policy issues, and others aspects which are operational
> matters)
> 
> /John
> 
> Disclaimers:  My views alone.   No public policy proposed in this email.
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