[governance] Fwd: Re: draft text on political oversight

[Milton Mueller]

>>> Milton Mueller 09/27/05 10:01 AM >>>
Some comments:
This is not an acceptable statement to me, although it is close and I
won't be upset if you read it as IGC. Key questions that you have not
thought through: 

Who decides when "full and equal multi-stakeholder participation"
exists in ICANN?

Who decides when ICANN has "clear, transparent rules and 
procedures commensurate with international norms and principles for
fair 
administrative decision-making"? 

Case by case establishment of a review commission is a bad idea and
won't work. ICANN's current "independent" review commission (appointed
by ICANN) has been a complete failure. Who appoints this review
commission? 

You can't just duck these issues. 

I will suggest some language changes in the next message, if it is not
too late. 

Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org 
http://www.internetgovernance.org 


>>> Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de> 09/27/05 7:31 AM >>>
Hi, Avri and I have drafted some language on political oversight. Text

should be read this afternoon. We have to submit it by 2pm. Please have

a look and let us know if we can read it on behalf of the IG caucus or

if we have to invent another stakeholder group.
jeanette


Political Oversight

62b: We recognize that the time has come for a change in the political

oversight of the logical Internet infrastructure. We do not recommend 
the creation of a new oversight organization for domain names and IP 
addresses. However, we do recommend the following changes with regard
to 
ICANN:

1. The US Government recommits to handing over its pre-eminent role of

stewardship in relation to ICANN and enters into an adequate 
host-country agreement for ICANN.

2. ICANN must ensure full and equal multi-stakeholder participation on

its Board and throughout its organizational structure by the community

of Internet users, private sector and governments.

3. ICANN must ensure that it establishes clear, transparent rules and 
procedures commensurate with international norms and principles for
fair 
administrative decision-making to provide for predictable policy
outcomes.

4. ICANN must establish a review process for its decisions in the form

of an independent multi-stakeholder review commission, established on a

case-by-case basis.

5. Once all the conditions listed above are met, the US Government 
transfers the IANA function to ICANN.

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