[governance] [governance} Lets Regroup...Where are we going?

[Lee McKnight]

Shailam,

I have 10 minutes, here's my instant historical summary:
1) ICANN has striven since founding to focus on technical issues, and
since founding has bumped into techno-policy issues that touch on rights
of businesses (and individuals) of various sorts, and various parts of
national governments and also other civil society actors
a) Forget details of .xxx, or any other case, by now most on this list
admit that ICANN is an industry regulator, perhaps too captured by the
first special interests at the table (say, trademark holders)
a)1 - never mind the man (or woman) behind the curtain from the US dept
of commerce - or do mind, but they're not ready to go away just yet (
some theorize never)
b) .XXX just made it obvious that status quo fiction of ICANN just
doing technical things is just not plausible

2) some say ICANN must return to its original state which never really
existed, IMHO, when all it did was technical coordination

3) Others say the animal evolves but stays as a techno-regulator
primarily, with GAC/governmental and other civil society input  (and
really, wasn't it also silly that IGF I had to whisper about ICANN as He
Who Shall Not Be Named?)

4) A second entity IGF, has just been created, while on wobbly feet
some say it must evolve into a different animal, others say wait until
is has talked for 5 years as per the original plan

5) A third instituion or mechanism - some calling it a framework
convention, others a policy task force, others a refitted ICANN with
extensions - is now also up for debate.

6) As per Karl Auerback's historical reminder, it is still early in
this story, so let's do keep that in mind, and recognize all in all that
things are progressing...well at least I think so!

My time's up, but that's the story in my nutshell.

Lee



Prof. Lee W. McKnight
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
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>>> shailam at yahoo.com 4/9/2007 3:25 PM >>>
Hi All
   
  Since we all have strong views on this and have responded heatedly
from our respective positions, may I suggest  that we regroup and
establish some clear issues and concepts and then proceed to outline our
position as Civil Society and as Private Sector.
   
  My suggestion is that that one or two amongst us who REALLY
understand the issues surrounding use of    xxx and the issues of
Consumer protection and ICANN 's  role and objectives, outline these
clearly for all of us.We can the proceed to create some consensus.
   
  Shaila Rao Mistry
  President
  Jayco MMI
   
  Moderator, Next Gen
  IFUW


  conventional wisdom ?..... takes you some of the way...
  challenge assumptions !!....... GO all the way !





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