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

[McTim]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:24 PM, William Drake
<william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
> Parminder,
>
> I clearly was referring to John's point that
>
>>The US DOC has always made it crystal clear that they
>>will never under any plausible conditions relinquish their
>>authority over the DNS root and, hence, over ICANN.
>>This policy has never changed, and their recent note
>>contains no surprises to anyone who's been paying
>>attention.
>
> That was unmistakably the main thrust of my message.  I don't happen to
> agree with him that ICANN needs DOJ's 'adult supervision,' gave no
> indication that I did, and have said plenty of things to the contrary on
> this list and elsewhere over the past five years, in plain view of you.
>  Please do not attribute views to me that are not mine in order to score
> cheap rhetorical points.
>
> I also noted that it's not appropriate for the coordinator to be attacking
> people and hurling around ideological labels.  I stand by that, you are not
> just any subscriber to the list, you're the caucus coordinator so
> belligerent fight picking is unhelpful.
>
> BTW, when people like John talk about ICANN needing 'adult supervision,'
> they are talking about ICANN---the board, et al---needing oversight.  It may
> not be the form of oversight you or I favor, but that's a legitimate and
> often expressed view that can be disputed on the merits without dipping into
> the gutter.  In contrast, I didn't hear him saying that other countries are
> juvenile, so characterizing the point as patronizing and neo-imperialist
> seems a tad misplaced.

"close-following" Bill on all the above.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
mctim.blogspot.com
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