[governance] Upcoming OC meeting in Geneva May 13: IGC agenda?

[Jeanette Hofmann]

McTim wrote:
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>>
>> McTim wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> it seems obvious that from a civil society point of view, we would not be
>>>> happy about replacing a unilateral oversight model by a multilateral
>>>> equivalent.
> 
> I agree with this, but fail to see what you prefer if you don't want
> unilateral oversight,
> multilateral oversight or no "external oversight".

I find this conversation somewhat confusing. I thought I said that 
external oversight is necessary?
> 
> 
> 
> McTim:
>>> Won't CS have the most oversight over ICANN by electing as many CS
>>> reps on the ICANN BoD as is possible?  That's the model I prefer!
> 
> Jeanette
>> No, I think that any organization with regulatory authority needs external
>> oversight.
> 
> Does the ITU have external oversight?

The ITU respects national sovereignty (and diversity). The ITU makes 
recommendations. ITU standard setting reflects the traditional national 
based telecommunication model. This doesn't work for the Internet. 
Besides, the ITU structure isn't exactly a model for multi-stakeholder 
participation, is it?
> 
> Does the UN?

I was talking about regulators.

> 
> My experience in Internet resource policy making in the RIR
> communities suggests that internal oversight, by members of the
> community is sufficient.  That's the model that I seek post JPA.

I wouldn't compare RIRs and ICANN. The structure isn't quite the same.
Put more generally, I am convinced that in the long run we need on the 
transnational level equivalents to the democratic institutions we have 
on the national level. Check and balance mechanisms are an important 
element of these democratic institutions.

jeanette
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