[governance] Re: ICANN taxes/fees

[yehudakatz at mailinator.com]

Gorge,

In my humble opinion, I feel the folks of the IGC are really putting the
Cart-before-the-Horse. For that matter ICANN itself has always been the
Cart-before-the-Horse. So having two (2) Carts-before-the-Horses, really does
not simplify the situation.
And the suggestion of “Taxes” at this point in time is inappropriate. There
will come a time, but now is not the time.

Kummer & Company , along with the continuing permutations of previous mail
list; Icann’s ALAC, GNSO, IcannAtLarge.com (Joop), IcannAtLarge.org (Jeffsey),
WSIS, etc…

Lack what all previous concerns have, including ICANN. That is FOCUS.
‘WE’ are in this quagmire because Icann didn’t get Focused on democratic
ideologies, but instead journeyed down the road of nearly Strict
Capital-Commercialism. That’s not to say that capital-economics is not a
requisite underpinning of a democratic system. I’m merely stating that Icann
had not developed fully functioning democratic-systems, nor had in focus or
in-place, which were vital to Domestic and Global deployment of a number of
internet contingencies.

The DNS is now a Brokerage system, they might a well rename it the DBS (Domain
Brokerage System). The Technical assignments have been balkanized, IPv4 vs.
IPv6, IPv9 (China), Packet systems: 64, 128, ???  bit, DNS vs. IDNS, etc…
All decided by independent-special-interest under the umbrella of Icann.
Compelled by each Actors’ capital interest. This balkanization was
unintentionally exacerbated further by the U.N. WSIS. Wherein Countries looked
toward their own individual interest in relationship to the Actors, rather than
focusing on a unitary interest.

The likelihood of a majority of these Actor’s to invest in ‘an-area’ such as
Africa, Eastern Europe, Occidental Eurasia, and the Southern Americas are very
slim. In fact just yesterday the Romanian President commented that: Romania's
IT industry was built on 'piracy'.
[
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/02/02/pirating_windows_wor
ked_for_us_says_romanias_president.html ]

In my humble opinion, that’s a major statement on the breadth and condition of
IT equity on the Global scale. People stuck in impoverished areas are wanting
to develop viable skills to participate in the Globalized Market Place, at the
risk of committing ‘iCrimes.’

However, since there is no ‘Net-Democracy to facilitate development’ in these
areas, People are willing to commit these acts.
I hold Icann responsible for that. Icann itself would not exist if it were not
for a Fabric-of-Democracy too which created it. (Icann owes itself to
Democracy)

Icann is suffering its own Hypocrisy

And when there is a movement toward lateral-equalization, there are those who
are there to control it. 

Milton’s ‘Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace’
and Daniel Yergin's ‘The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power’ are
works I regret somewhat, because they lend themselves too being instruments of
instigation.
A war for the Net, a war for Oil. Compelling the economics of a  ‘Have and
Have-Not” World.

[Milton] It’s not to say that someone else wouldn’t have come along and written
the same, it’s done.

Icann is a part of this Hypocrisy, and I remain curiously interested in: How
the IGF and IGC under wing of the U.N. intend to resolve these present
conditions. What Modalities (Vittorio), what Framework (Parminder), are you
constructing (not proposing, but actually doing)?

I suggest putting the Carts behind the Horse and pulling ourselves out of this
rut. So to address threats posed by attacks on; root servers, domains, and
individuals et. al.. 

George, your comments here are vindicated, but as your are an
inside-participant of Icann, I would expect you to carry the meaning of the
message forth.
I appreciate your dedication to “making the Internet available, accessible,
affordable and secure both physically and in terms of guaranteeing fundamental
human rights for more of the world's people”

Thank you George.
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