[governance] ICANN RFC on its performance

[Veni Markovski]

At 13:42 5/13/2007  +0200, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>Kieren McCarthy <kierenmccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > However, if anyone does wish to provide useful feedback to ICANN's
> > performance, the RFC is there. I hope I have flagged it up sufficiently and
> > made it clear that there is a clear route from comment to consideration
> > within ICANN.
>
>That is not good enough.  There also needs to be accountability in the
>consideration itself, not only in the route from comment to
>consideration.

Norbert,
if you can phrase this positively, that could be a contribution. On 
the other hand, when someone makes a proposal, and it is not 
accepted, the natural thing is to feel the process is not right. Let 
me give you an example, also from history, but with some current moments.
I've had such experience on a number of occasions, when trying to 
suggest changes in the laws, passed by the Bulgarian Parliament - 
esp. in 1999, 2000. However, I didn't give up, and I didn't take the 
pose of an insulted by the members of the Parliament guy. I kept on 
trying, and in 2001 we started the changes in the Telecommunications 
laws, we implemented computer crime chapter in the Penal Code, and we 
made it possible that the current government of Bulgaria created a 
special body - State Agency for IT and Communications to the Council 
of Ministers, to deal with all issues, related to development of 
Information Society.
Could we have done something differently? Yes, we could have 
continued bashing the government, and keep on saying, "didn't we warn you?"
Instead, we worked with governments, with members of Parliament, with 
non-profits. We got the prime minister to join ISOC, and we also did 
that with the President. We changed everything, and we succeeded. 
Were we unhappy when we couldn't do something? Of course. Did we pose 
like insulted? No. We kept on trying, and we found more and more ways 
to influence the policy making of a whole country. (oh, and by the 
way, that didn't stop us from being the organizers of the Bulgarian 
editions of the Big Brother Awards).

You are not happy with the way Kieren responded to Guru, and with 
what you say was not a good response from ICANN to Karl's message. 
Well... let's put it this way: with all the work ICANN has been doing 
since Karl is not on the board, it has actually addressed if not all, 
then at least most, or some, of his concerns. There are many facts to 
prove this. Just read what he said to the US Senate, and then see 
where ICANN was, while he was on the Board, and where it is now. It's 
not 2002 today, and ICANN is not the same organization. The feelings 
that some people might have about ICANN could be the driving force 
behind their actions, but should they?

veni 

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