[process] Re: [governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[McTim]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Jeffrey A. Williams
<jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> McTim and all,
>
>  I can't see where Parminder said anything abusive.  Sure he
> may disagree with the "Messenger", even strongly, but that
> hardly is any form af abuse.  Just my two cents...
>
>  McTim if DOC/NTIA released the Roots management, and
> therefore ICANN/IANA, whom do  you suggest pick up that
> oversight, specifically?

Well the root is separate from IANA contract, so there are 2 issues of
oversight, but I digress.  ICANN is overseen by it's Board, I see no
need of any other "oversight".

Or should ICANN operate without
> any government or other authoritative oversight?

Works for me.

  Obama,
> should he become the Pres., wants an Internet Czar, and
> will likely get it.
>
>  And BTW, McTim, I been involved sense long before ICANN
> was even in anyone's imagination, and was present when ICANN
> was formulated.
>
>  You see McTim, anyone can criticize DOC/NTIA from the outside,
> and I as well have done so on more than one occasion.  But without
> recommending an alternative, one looses ones viability as to what should
> be done.

I have recommended on several occasions my solution given above.

 What ICANN has on several occasions indicated indirectly
> is that it wants to be cut free of oversight all together and move to
> Geneva.

?? I've never seen this mentioned by ICANN.

  For this reason, amongst many others, DOC/NTIA is going
> to be very reluctant in releasing them from their contractual agreement.

Very reluctant, altho not for that reason.

>
>  Secondly, as ICANN has yet to fulfill it's mandate in the MOU, release
> would be unwise and certainly premature.

At the moment, that's probably right.

  When ICANN fully and
> without complication or equivocation recognizes in it's structure that
> the user is king, as it were, they seriously need adult or something
> approaching adult supervision.  The ITU, nor any other UN organ
> can adequately provide for that oversight, given their controversial
> long history.

Agreed.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
mctim.blogspot.com
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