[governance] visibility of IG debate + caricatures

[Jovan Kurbalija]

After being off-line for a few weeks, I am currently going through pending
messages. Few weeks ago Jeannette made an interesting point about the
visibility of the IG debate in decision-making circles. My experience
confirms her views.  Outside the circe gravitating to this mailing list +
WSIS/WGIG the IG is almost non-existing. 

 

This was recently confirmed in our IG DVD work. We have been trying to find
caricatures and cartoons illustrating IG issues. Apart from general
caricatures about the Internet, IG-related ones are almost non-existent
(spam is a partial exception). The number of caricatures is usually a good
indicator of the public visibility of a particular issue. 

 

Jovan

 

P.S. If anyone is aware of some IG-related caricature/cartoon, please let me
know. 

 

 

 

 

Message: 5

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:48:16 +0200

From: Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de>

Subject: [governance] the GAC's problems

To: governance at lists.cpsr.org

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Hi,

 

some months back I had an interesting conversation with somebody who really
tries to make the GAC work. As Ray points out, the GAC suffers from
communication holes between ICANN meetings. One of the issues is that public
administrations still have fundamental problems with email in general and
mailing lists in particular. This is not primarily a matter of individual
skills as one of authority.

In principle, GAC members would have to consult with the higher level in
their ministry each time they contribute to a debate via a mailing list.

Depending on the country and the ministry, it can be dangerous for a GAC
member to offer an opinion on political issues without assent by a senior.

 

Another issue is the lack of capacity and competence in many poor countries.
The low participation from Latin American countries in Mar del Plata is a
case in point. Even when the GAC meeting takes place in their neighborhood,
many countries cannot afford to attend or might not find it important
enough.

 

In a way, the GAC faces the same problem as the other groups involved in
ICANN. It is a small minority who follows the process on a continuous basis.
Not many countries find ICANN's tasks important enough to allocate
ressources for a permanent participation.

 

jeanette

 

 

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