[governance] ICANN RFC on its performance

[Kieren McCarthy]

> A good PR person (sorry, Kieren, that's essentially what 
> you are now) 


Let's just assume from this point on that I will always disagree entirely
with this assertion. Especially since it's only real use is to try to niggle
me.

I don't mind being called a PP person though - public participation.

As I believe I already proved at ICANN's Lisbon meeting recently, if someone
raises a valid point, even if highly critical, I am willing to stand up and
read it into a microphone, in a packed room, to the Board.

I also made a point of compiling the public response over the RegisterFly
issue (actually Maria Farrell did a great job of helping me compile several
hundred comments) - which was *very* far from happy with ICANN - and sat up
on stage and read it out. I did that because it is my job to tell ICANN what
the public is saying.

People are just going to have to get used to the fact that ICANN is
listening and that the organisation cares what the community thinks. 

I'll add while here that it's not just ICANN that needs to go through a
period of reflection on whether its approach and attitude remains valid.

Anyway, this is the Internet Governance list so I will get it off it fast.

Oh, hang on, your idea. I'll tell you what I'll do if there are sufficient
comments that are useful, and if I have enough to work with to justify a
meeting in San Juan. 

Assuming this idea about internet organisations giving a quick rundown of
what they've done over the year goes ahead, and assuming ICANN gives a
presentation, I will find out whoever is giving the presentation and ask
them to include a boiled-down summary of the RFC's results. That's a
legitimate request from my role, I would say.

I do find it a bit bizarre though Milton that you would think I had any
power to decide how the entire organisation approaches the Internet
Governance Forum. I am the general manager of public participation, not the
CEO. It's like you representing Syracuse University at an international
meeting of university chancellors.

ICANN is not a single entity, it is made of lots of people doing lots of
different things. And all of them are working hard at doing their jobs as
best they can - just like any other organisation.



Kieren






-----Original Message-----
From: Milton Mueller [mailto:mueller at syr.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:25 AM
To: kierenmccarthy at gmail.com; governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN RFC on its performance

Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org
http://www.internetgovernance.org

>>> kierenmccarthy at gmail.com 05/12/07 10:26 AM >>>
>ICANN has put out a Request for Comments on its performance. 
>And since this list seems to discuss little else, I really think you 
>should review it and get involved. 

I think we should, too. Far from being mutually exclusive with civil
society's proposed IGF discussion of ICANN, I would suggest that the two
are complementary and mutually reinforcing. 

If ICANN is serious about getting a wide-ranging set of comments from
diverse sources, it should be the foremost advocate of tying its
self-review to the IGF process. The IGF process opens what business
people call a a new "channel." Although there is about 30% overlap,
different people go to IGF and ICANN meetings. The IGF process not only
holds out the possibility of a plenary discussion, it is also (as Adam
Peake pointed out), contemplating workshops or sessions in which
international organizations such as ICANN highlight their work.  Why not
float the RFC questions there? 

A good PR person (sorry, Kieren, that's essentially what you are now)
would seize that opportunity and run with it. 

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