[governance] Programme outline and schedule released

[Milton Mueller]

>>> ajp at glocom.ac.jp 5/1/2007 3:22 AM >>>
>I suggest the caucus sends email as soon is reasonable to the 
>IGF Secretariat saying something to the effect that "core 
>Internet resources should be discussed as a main 
>session".  Just send the email now. 

Agree with Adam that we need to act. It seems that one obstacle was the
precise wording of the first two parts of Parminder's four-part
proposal. 

Here is some polished wording:

(1) Plenary on Internet Global Public Policy 

A call to "discuss public policy issues related to key elements of 
Internet governance" is the first point in the IGF mandate in the  Tunis
agenda. The Agenda deals at length with the question of new  global
public policy issues regarding IG, the possibility of new frameworks and
structures, and the role of existing ones (e.g,  paragraphs 61, 69). We
therefore believe that an IGF Plenary session should explore the 
following topics: 

a) What is "public policy" on the Internet and when do we need to  use
global institutions to establish it? The Tunis Agenda  distinguishes
between "technical" and "public policy" issues, and  between public
policy and the "day-to-day technical and operational  matters." What
makes an Internet governance issue a "public policy"  issue, and what
happens when policy concerns are closely linked to  technical
administration?

b) What was intended by the TA's call for the "development of
globally-applicable principles on public policy issues associated  with
the coordination and management of critical Internet resources"  and how
can this goal be pursued?


(2) ICANN and Core Internet Resources

Core Internet resources should be discussed as a main session in the 
IGF. Policy toward "critical Internet resources" are a major topic  in
the Tunis Agenda and the mandate for the IGF. Currently, name and 
number resources are administered by ICANN and the Regional Internet 
Registries. This session should discuss the policy issues and policy
making processes in these institutions. In particular, ICANN's  status
as an international organization, its representation of individual
users, and the changing role of the  GAC within ICANN should be
discussed. 

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