[governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Roland and all,

  I believe Paul already covered the ground to which
you are quering, see below: "only democratically elected 
politicians can do that, and only if they are behaving 
correctly as well."  "behaving correctly and well" being
the specific language to which your query relates.

  Certainly in the US as in Canada, and the UK, elected
representitives are significantly unpopular as has been
widely reported and polls have shown time an time again.
Citizens are partly responsible for taking the time to
keep their elected representatives accountable by 
communicating with them their concerns frequently, directly
as possible, and pointedly to their areas of concern.  Occaisonally
perhaps reminding them that your vote for them in the next 
election may be in the ballance accordingly.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
>Sent: Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM
>To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments
>
>In message 
><23664951.1254514057829.JavaMail.root at elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net
> >, at 15:07:37 on Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Jeffrey A. Williams 
><jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> writes
>>  Yes they can, but unfortunately often do not.
>
>So some can legitimately claim to act in the public interest. That's an 
>advance on "none".
>
>>Ergo one of many reasons why Paul's comments ring so indellably true.
>
>I've never seen quite such a close linkage being made between public 
>interest and elected politicians. After many elections around half the 
>electorate won't find the politicians acting in their interest. Is there 
>some benchmark for how much of the public has to have its interests 
>served by the particular flavour of elected politicians, in the context 
>of the remarks here?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
>>>Sent: Oct 2, 2009 1:44 PM
>>>To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>>>Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments
>>>
>>>In message
>>><76f819dd0910021037o36cd6b7aj9c8d7454ca116cc2 at mail.gmail.com>, at
>>>13:37:38 on Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Paul Lehto <lehto.paul at gmail.com> writes
>>>>Although nonprofits are definitely much more public-interest minded, at
>>>>the end of the day no nonprofit can legitimately claim to represent the
>>>>PUBLIC INTEREST -- only democratically elected politicians can do that,
>>>>and only if they are behaving correctly as well.
>>>
>>>So you don't think any charities can possibly act in the public
>>>interest?
>
>-- 
>Roland Perry
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Regards,

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