[bestbits] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Fadi Chehadé: Affirmation of Commitments needs to become contract between 'ICANN and you'

[parminder]

The clearest statement I have heard till now from ICANN that US 
oversight is not acceptable... and that FoC is but a US gov contract

Much more than what many of the civil society are ready to say or commit to.

However, it is easier to talk about a contract between ICANN and people 
than to come up with the actual means and processes of such a (social) 
contract. But good to state the principles that then opens up thinking 
and possible concrete proposals.

parminder

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Internet Policy] Fadi Chehadé: Affirmation of Commitments 
needs to become contract between 'ICANN and you'
Date: 	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:16:00 +0530
From: 	Vinay Kesari <vinay.kesari at gmail.com>
To: 	internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org



Dear all,

Fadi Chehadé, the CEO of ICANN, spoke this evening at the Internet, 
Mobile & Digital Economy Conference (IMDEC) 2013 
<http://www.ficci.com/events-page.asp?evid=21654> in New Delhi, and made 
some very interesting statements, including the following (which I 
paraphrase):

  * The Affirmation of Commitments needs to change from being a contract
    between ICANN and the US Government, to a contract between 'ICANN
    and you'.
  * The handling of the IANA function needs to be structured in keeping
    with the idea that it is the 'root of the world' rather than of any
    one country.
  * ICANN headquarters would be split between Los Angeles, Istanbul and
    Singapore, and hiring in Los Angeles is to be frozen.

I will post links to the video from the event as soon as it is up, as 
well as a more detailed report on his other remarks, including on 
Brazil, the role of industry, and multilateralism.

Regards,

Vinay Kesari

https://twitter.com/vinaykesari


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