[governance] oversight

[Avri Doria]

On 20 okt 2005, at 16.40, Danny Butt wrote:

>
> I also agree with Milton's reservations about the "independent
> appeals process" - and this could be an area that intergovernmental
> oversight is important -

i don't understand this.

i think the appeals process needs to be external and multistakeholder.
why should it involve inter-governemental oversight?  though it could  
contain inter-governemental participation.


> I don't have the expertise to draft anything
> about that though. I'm not sure if this is exactly what Milton is
> saying, but my POV is that the GAC is basically attempting to be an
> intergovernmental mechanism without the representativeness or
> resource support that proper intergovernmental organisations have to
> ensure e.g. developing country participation. So it's really a worst
> of both worlds.

I believe that while it is appropriate for GAC to move from an  
advisory role to a participatory role as one of the ICANN  
constituencies (which need badly need review and possibly  
reorganization).  Is that enough representativeness or do people  
within CS think they should somehow be more equal then the others in  
ICANN.  Ie. do people want to give GAC oversight within ICANN?  and  
if so, why?

Additionally, there has been an implicit acceptance of the notion  
that ccTLDs are a national and sovereign issue.  I for one have not  
accepted this.  That is like saying that any product that one invents  
that uses the national name, or its abbreviation is, by virtue of its  
name, now a sovereign resource.  I personally wonder why so many in  
CS accept this without any argument.  It is one of the premises that  
once accepted make calls for government oversight, of at least their  
countries cccTLD, plausible if still not acceptable.  I just don't  
see any reason why it should be accepted.  ccTLDs were not created  
for that purpose and the fact that it took decades for nations to  
begin making a grab at this common's resource does not lend  
credibility to their claim.


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