[governance] FYI: Letter from Bulgarian Internet community

[McTim]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>
>> -----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.

yes, they are all Associations AFAIK, members of which elect their
governing body.

> Clear lines of accountability to clearly defined stakeholders (address block holders).

Address block holders are not necessarily members of an RIR
association (but most are).  Members of an RIR community are not
necessarily members of an RIR association (but most are).  There are
stakeholders who are neither Members of an association nor are they
address space 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

We have heard from Karl and others that this is not necessarily the case.

 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.

The "other models" are part and parcel of the ICANN model.  If it
ain't broken.... ;-)

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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