[governance] Summary of IGP comments on the NTIA ICANN proceeding

[Brenden Kuerbis]

It doesn't appear that NTIA posted the most recently submitted comments
yet.  If you haven't already figured it out, you can get ours at
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/6/8/4214803.html

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> Only the summary, please go to the NTIA site for the complete comments.
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2009/dnstransition/index.html
> ------
>
> "The global challenges we face demand global institutions that work."
> - President Barack Obama, 2008
>
> ICANN lacks accountability and its processes are full of problems, but the
> JPA is not the right tool to use to fix them. The JPA contributes to ICANN's
> failings. Although it was intended to provide a vehicle for impartially
> assessing the adequacy of ICANN's legal and institutional framework for the
> global Internet, in reality it does nothing but invite the stakeholders in
> one privileged country to complain to their own government about policy
> outcomes they don't like. The U.S. government needs to let the JPA expire,
> and immediately initiate an international agreement that formalizes and
> completes the transition of ICANN to a stable form of multi-stakeholder
> global governance rooted in a nonprofit corporation. This international
> instrument should be used to provide a shared, global legal framework that
> can keep ICANN independent but accountable. It should be designed to keep
> ICANN focused on its narrow coordinating mission, to restore internal
> accountability of the Board to its membership, to check abuses by ICANN's
> Board, to delegate authority over ccTLDs to national governments, and to
> limit interference in or abuse of ICANN by governments. By taking the lead,
> the US can gain buy-in from other governments for its own model and ensure
> that the transition does not harm any of its own legitimate interests. But
> to succeed in completing the transition, the U.S. will have to win the
> acceptance of a critical mass of other countries and peoples.
>
> Dr. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies and
> XS4All Professor, Technology University of Delft, Netherlands
> Brenden Kuerbis, Doctoral candidate, Syracuse University School of
> Information Studies
> Dr. Michel van Eeten, Technology University of Delft, Netherlands
> Dr. John Mathiason, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and
> Public Affairs
> Dr. Derrick Cogburn, School of International Service, American University
> Dr. Lee McKnight, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>
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