[governance] "pre-eminent role"

[Danny Younger]

Hello Ian,

I remember a time when civil society chose to confront
ICANN over multiple issues ranging from legitimacy to
accountability.  It engendered a reactonary response
that resulted in the loss of all At-Large directors,
the structural dissolution of the DNSO General
Assembly and the end of the open Public Comment Forum
at ICANN.

On this occasion, civil society appears to be in the
face of yet another power broker, the USG.  I fail to
see the value of language that accomplishes nothing
more than the promotion of confrontation, and that has
the potential of producing yet another backlash.

With regard to the evolution of ICANN, I don't need
any more of the "evolution" that Civil Society has
already wrought... The At-Large has suffered greatly
as a result of your last intervention.  



--- Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> Vittorio -
> 
> Thanks for a good draft. On my first read, it’s a
> good start. I also agree
> with Raul's two comments
> 
> 
> Danny:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org 
> > [mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On
> Behalf Of Danny Younger
> > Sent: Sunday, 6 November 2005 1:46 AM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> > Subject: [governance] "pre-eminent role"
> > 
> > I disagree with the stated principle:  "No single
> Government 
> > or other stakeholder should have a pre-eminent
> role in 
> > relation to international Internet governance".
> > 
> 
> Perhaps in that case you should let us know which
> government or which
> stakeholder should have a pre-eminent role,  and why
> that should be so at
> the expense of the inputs of other governments and
> stakeholders. You might
> also explain how that equates with the general idea
> of a multi-stakeholder
> governance structure, or do you disagree with that
> principle as well?
> 
> I have read your defence of current practice - I
> disagree with it, but
> irrespective of that I think the principle that no
> single government or
> other stakeholder should have a pre-eminent role in
> relation to Internet
> Governance is at the heart of  everything that most
> of us here see as
> central to being able to support the evolution of
> ICANN.
> 
> 
> Ian Peter
> 
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