[governance] JPA near final with bracketed text

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi, yes with bracketed text

and thanks from me as well for all your work and your good moderation.

jeanette

Ian Peter wrote:
> The following draft (or next version of it) will need to be presented 
> for consensus within 24 hours. It includes toward the end an area of 
> bracketed text. To assist with resolving the main remaining issue, 
> please indicate your preference of versions with either of the following
> 
> YES without bracketed text
> 
> Or
> 
> YES with bracketed text
> 
> 
> If the inclusion of bracketed text would actually lead you to oppose 
> consensus on the final statement, please indicate that as well.
> 
> Your response will help to determine which draft we will proceed with.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ian Peter
> 
> The Internet Governance Caucus is a global coalition of civil society 
> and non governmental organisations and individuals actively involved the 
> UN’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF) process. Formed during the lead up 
> to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), our mission is to 
> provide a forum for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation 
> of civil society contributions in  Internet governance processes. We 
> have several hundred members, with a wide spread of geographic 
> representation; more about our coalition can be found at www.igcaucus.org.
>  
> We are thankful for the opportunity to comment on the JPA with ICANN, 
> and  respectfully submit as  follows.
> In responding to your call for comments, we are mindful of the WSIS 
> principles, which " recognize that Internet governance, carried out 
> according to the Geneva principles, is an essential element for a 
> people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory 
> Information Society”. We also recognise the need for high levels of 
> global co-operation from all stakeholder groups to ensure Internet 
> stability and security.
> 
> Irrespective of whether the JPA continues or not, we believe that 
> certain principles outlined below need to be embedded in ICANN’s 
> operation. We believe these should be covered by an undertaking by ICANN 
> to perpetuate in its constitution, by laws, or some similar 
> accountability mechanism, various principles which follow. The 
> principles need to be embedded in such a way as to ensure they cannot 
> easily be changed to exclude any stakeholder group. The principles which 
> need to be permanently embedded are:
>  
> ·      bottom up co-ordination
> 
> 
> ·      balanced multi stakeholder representation, including civil 
> society interests and Internet users
> 
> 
> ·      ensuring the stability of the Internet
> 
> 
> ·      transparency
> 
> 
> ·      appropriate accountability mechanisms
> 
> 
> ·      continuing evolution of an effective and appropriate governance 
> model which is multilateral, multistakeholder, democratic, and transparent
> 
> 
> ·      decision making driven by the public interest
> 
> We also propose to replace "private sector management" with 
> multistakeholder management, which has evolved from the World Summit on 
> the Information Society and the Internet Governance Forum process which 
> the US Government has supported, and which is an important facet, we 
> believe, of effective internet governance  arrangements.
>  
> We think the establishment of firm principles to guide the evolution of 
> a model is the appropriate way to proceed. This should explicitly 
> recognize that ICANN is a global governance institution with regulatory 
> authority over an industry (domain name registration) and over critical 
> resources (IP addresses, root servers and addresses). The standards of 
> due process, rights, and accountability that apply to ICANN must be 
> developed with these facts in mind.   
> 
> 
> BRACKETED TEXT FOLLOWS – PLEASE INDICATE “YES” OR “NO” TO ITS INCLUSION 
> IN YOUR RESPONSE
> 
> 
> [On your question as regards the future of the JPA - The IGC firmly 
> believes that global co-operation will be enhanced by a transition 
> beyond the JPA to a situation where all stakeholders feel that they have 
> equitable arrangements for participation, that ICANN is subject to due 
> process procedures and is accountable to all stakeholders. Therefore, 
> the IGC believes that merely extending the current JPA arrangement is 
> not a lasting viable solution.
>  Some of us believe the JPA should be ended now, as it is an ineffective 
> mechanism to deal with the problems that must be resolved to place ICANN 
> on a viable long-term path forward. On the other hand, some of us 
> believe that a time-limited extension of the JPA might be the most 
> effective means to ensure that ICANN does take on board necessary changes.
> Irrespective of when the JPA actually ends however, the IGC believes 
> that it should be replaced by a new global accountability framework, the 
> development of which should commence as soon as possible in an open, 
> multistakeholder, transparent and inclusive process.]
> 
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