[governance] FYI: Letter from Bulgarian Internet community

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> Well, it's not just him, there are a number of ppl on this list that
> labor under misunderstandings/misapprehensions regarding the 3 Cs
> model of Communication, Collaboration and Cooperation as practiced by
> ISOC/IETF/ICANN/RIRs, etc.

The misunderstandings work both ways. RIRs have paying members who elect their Board. Clear lines of accountability to clearly defined stakeholders (address block holders). IETF has no members but no binding power, it is a coordination via consensus body, no one has to use or adopt its standards. Those models evolved organically out of a fairly cohesive community. ICANN is totally different. It has binding regulatory authority over the dns industry and over the top level address space but no membership and no clear lines of accountability to its "stakeholders." It was created by fiat of the USG (it was NOT a simple evolution of IANA) 

The other models may indeed work well, but ICANN needs to be fixed. You know this. 

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