[governance] so do i owe bill drake a pizza or not?

[Milton L Mueller]

Here is my official response: 
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/9/30/4337767.html

some irreverent comments on Wolfgang's comments below (it's been a long day)

> -----Original Message-----
>  
> a. the review panels will produce an interesting mix of new 
> and innocative multistakeholder bodies 

...be still my heart!

> members of these bodies will have probably to write 
> their own rules for inner communication and interaction.

...the joys

> This is the exploration 
> of new territory. 

...personally, I'd rather go hiking in the Sangre de Cristos

> This goes beyond the WGIG and MAG 
> experiences. Certainly the final confirmation for the 
> composition of the review panels is in the hands of ICANNs 
> CEO abd the GAC Chair. But this is already an expression of 
> "co-governance", or - with other words - a further 
> decentralization of power and decision making.

Sounds like a further centralization to me. GAC goes from advisory to choosing people for a special status.

> b. I like also the various principles which are included in 
> the text - starting from the public interest to consumer 
> choice, privacy protection, competition, stability, security, 
> interoperability etc. If you collect all these principles and 
> list it on one page you have a "Internet Governance 
> Declaration" which goes beyond the Tunis document.

guess what's missing: freedom of expression. 

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