[governance] Need Help - History of Internet Governance

[laina at getit-multimedia.com]

Ronda, very interesting reading indeed your articles. Just curious why you did not describe the process from 1996 to 1998 before ICANN was formed i.e. from the Postel draft, IAHC, CORE, the IFWP process, and the 4 models proposed, etc. I believe the domain handbook and the cookl report does describe this process as well. It was the early days when there was genuine interest from the US to "internationalise" Internet Governance to an "international not-for-profit organisation". That whole process and what IRa Magaziner did before he caved in to political and business interests, is very similar to what we are going through now (except now it is driven by the others countries whilst the later was driven by the US gov).

Just thought this would be also an important part of history to be remembered as well in any DVD or otherwise materials to help put things in some perspective of how ICANN started out broke.

Regards,
Laina
> 
> From: Ronda Hauben <ronda at panix.com>
> Date: Fri 07/10/2005 11:15 PM GMT+08:00
> To: Jovan Kurbalija <jovank at diplomacy.edu>
> CC: "'WSIS Internet Governance Caucus'" <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, 
>         igdvd at diplomacy.edu
> Subject: Re: [governance] Need Help - History of Internet Governance
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Jovan Kurbalija wrote
> 
> >On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Jovan Kurbalija wrote:
> 
> >>> FILM: The film introduces issues related to Internet Governance.
> >>> More than 30 leading policy makers and academics share their views on 
> >>>a whole array of questions related to Internet Governance. There will 
> >>>be also  multimedia materials received from GKP, UNDP APDIP and ICANN. The 
> >>>film will last 52 minutes.
> >
> 
> I wondered if you are including the criticism of the creation of ICANN
> from before it was created?
> 
> I don't exactly understand what you are planning to do with this DVD and 
> how this will help give a broad perspective to the issues involved and the 
> principles that need to be understood.
> 
> If you start with ICANN or with the DNS, the problem is left without
> a solution.
> 
> The development of the Internet is via a grassroots bottom up process
> where the commercial entities were restricted and the research and 
> technical and users could discuss the problems as problems rather than
> being part of public relations for some product or commercial interest.
> 
> If you were creating a web site to welcome input it would be possible to 
> try to make such input.
> 
> 
> >Thank you for an interesting comment on the "convergence" of the medium. 
> >The IG DVD will also be streamed via the Internet. There are a few 
> >reasons for creating the DVD. The main reason is to make this material 
> >available to users in developing countries (this being the main mission 
> >of both Diplo and the UNDP APDIP). In spite of considerable improvements 
> >in many developing countries, it is still difficult and expensive to 
> >access multimedia-intensive content via the Internet.
> 
> I can understand your saying that you are creating a DVD so that those
> who don't have access to the Internet would have access to your data.
> 
> But that can be a later step, after a web site is developed that 
> documents the grassroots processes that gave birth to and made it possible 
> to develop the Internet. These could then also be distributed via a
> dvd, cd rom, etc.
> 
> But it seems that starting with a dvd means you start with a top down
> version of what you are presenting, and though you say you welcome 
> contributions, it is hard to contribute when one doesn't really understand 
> what one is contributing to.
> 
> Also are you selling the DVD? What is the source of the funding to do 
> this?
> 
> I wonder if you have had a chance to look at any of the work I have
> made available online to WSIS or with urls about both the history and
> development of the Internet and about how to try to clarify the problem of 
> creating an appropriate model for the Internet's infrastructure.
> 
> For example, see perhaps an article I wrote about the WSIS meetings:
> 
> Who Will Control the Internet's Infrastructure
> http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=251118&rel_no=1
> 
> Also Returning Internet Governance to the People 
> http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=&no=198177&rel_no=1&back_url=
> 
> And the url for a proposal i submitted to the US govt before they created
> ICANN, to give an idea of what process would be in line with the
> process of the creation of the Internet. (This was in response to
> a request from Magaziner that I put my critique of what he was doing
> into an operational form or into a proposal.)
> The url is:
> http://www.wgig.org/docs/Comment_Hauben-April.pdf
> 
> 
> Ronda
> 
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