[governance] IGC statement to IGF MAG

[Parminder]

Louis

> < In particular, ICANN's status as an international organization, its
> representation of individual users, its monopolistic aggregation of
> conflictual functions, and the changing role of the GAC within ICANN
> should be discussed. >

I completely agree with your formulation, and the rationale behind it.
However, my view is that we may want to be strategic at this stage and not
mention aspects of the issue which will make it even more unlikely for the
MAG, with its representations of interests as we know, to accept it. 

Anyone can take this issue of ' its monopolistic aggregation of
 conflictual functions' under the parts 

the policy issues and policy making
> >processes in these institutions. In particular, ICANN's status as an
> >international organization,

of our proposed theme. What do you say? 

Parminder 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis Pouzin [mailto:pouzin at well.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:36 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: [governance] IGC statement to IGF MAG
> 
> On Sat, 5 May 2007 15:27:38 +0900, Adam Peake wrote:
> 
> >ICANN should not be the focus, too narrow a subject for a main session.
> >The only people who care about individual participation in ICANN are a
> >few of us on this list and a hand full of others.  It will be dismissed
> >as "enhance cooperation", it's  gift for anyone who wants to make sure
> >"critical Internet resources" are not discussed.  Would be naive to
> >propose in this way.
> 
> >If you want to make sure "critical Internet resources" is buried, this is
> the way to do it.
> 
> The text related to this topic (submitted by Bill Drake on 2 May 2007
> 08:39:34 +0200) reads:
> 
> >(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.
> 
> I'd suggest a slight expansion of the last sentence:
> 
> < In particular, ICANN's status as an international organization, its
> representation of individual users, its monopolistic aggregation of
> conflictual functions, and the changing role of the GAC within ICANN
> should be discussed. >
> 
> Rationale:
> 
> a- Name resources administered by ICANN are not inclusive. They are
> limited to those approved by ICANN.
> 
> b- Administering the introduction of new names, coupled with the selection
> of registries, and the resulting financing of ICANN is a highly
> questionable instance of conflict of interests.
> 
> c- The monopoly enjoyed by ICANN, backed by the US gov, is detrimental to
> users interests. Competition should be explored.
> 
> Would this make for a sleeper session ?
> 
> Cheers
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