[governance] JPA

[Willie Currie]

Good point McTim. I think the other line of interest in the Snowe/Nelson 
letter is the concern about the lack of a 'permanent accountability 
mechanism' and the suggestion of a temporary extension of the JPA in 
order to get one in place.

I think it would be good for there to be both an IGC submission as well 
as  organisational and individual submissions that traverse the issues 
in a range of ways. This would be part of a positional play with regard 
to Commerce that would indicate:

a. there is still a problem of accountability regarding ICANN's 
governance procedures
b. there are a range of possible solutions being offered to this problem 
by a diverse range of stakeholders
c. there is genuine concern among stakeholders and a quest for a lasting 
solution  - on a  broadly  multilateral, transparent, democratic and 
multi-stakeholder basis.

We would be assuming here, rightly or wrongly,  that the Obama 
adminstration would be more sensitive to these issues than his 
predecessor's.

Willie 

McTim wrote:
> Anybody specialise in reading tea leaves?
>
> http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090521_3747.php
>
> FWIW, the line: "He said comments received through NTIA's April notice
> of inquiry will inform his assessment."
>
> Says to me that we should plant our flag on this one, no matter what
> color it is.
>
>   
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