[governance] ICANN DOC

[Ian Peter]

My quick summary (as reported elsewhere)

I was disappointed. I would have liked to see at least a clear indication of
the need to involve other nations equally in an appropriate role in Internet
governance and an indication of a transition to such an arrangement. 

Continuance of the US Government role is helping neither the Internet nor
ICANN.

I do not accept the argument that the continued role of USG is ensuring and
protecting ICANN’s independence.

Ian Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp] 
Sent: 02 October 2006 17:23
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton Mueller
Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN DOC

Can't access the IGP website.  Not serving up any pages.

About the agreement.  I'd been wondering how it might affect IGF -- 
if there'd been a "bombshell" like last year's U.S. Principles on the 
Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System then I think we could 
forget all the sessions and workshops -- we'd be discussing "enhanced 
cooperation".  But the agreement's not bad.  It reaffirms 
privatization and separation (OK, one day.  But I think it's 
reasonable to spin it as ICANN on a path to independence.)

Some governments will pick on the Whois part as proof that the US is 
taking more control not less.

On the other hand the annual reporting requirement is a nice fit with 
para 71 of the Tunis Agenda requesting annual performance reports 
from organizations relevant to enhanced cooperation. Probably not a 
response to WSIS, but all the same not bad as a bone to throw at 
those govt.

Think this is a problem:
"In furtherance of the objective of this Agreement, and to support 
the completion of the transition of DNS management to the private 
sector, the Department will hold regular meetings with ICANN senior 
management and leadership to assess progress."
I hope the ICANN board will take tight control over what ICANN 
management say in these private meetings with NTIA.  Not very 
transparent (less so even than the annual progress reports and 
milestones they replace.)  Be nice if some reporting requirements 
from those meetings were required, perhaps define "leadership" as 
representatives of stakeholder groups to be present at each of these 
meetings (e.g. the ICANN community place a business, other govt, 
civil society/user representative in each meeting as observers.)

In the paragraph about the multi-stakeholder model the annex says 
"ICANN will strive to increase engagement with the Private Sector" 
(capitalized? only in that sentence). Private sector singled out and 
no mention of the user community and floundering at large anywhere.

Adam




At 11:54 AM -0400 10/1/06, Milton Mueller wrote:
>You can read the Internet Governance Project statement to the new ICANN
>JPG here:
>
>http://www.internetgovernance.org/news.html#ICANNoldwine_093006
>
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