[governance] ICANN head warns against putting Internet addresses

[McTim]

HI Ian,

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure whether Rod Beckstrom said ICANN was nimble or not - didn't he
> just say that it would be less nimble under UN control? (that is a
> reasonable assumption..)

tis

>
> I do not think ICANN could be described as nimble by anyone in its current
> state, but it is a good aspiration. To me, its an incredibly bloated
> organisation currently. Much of that is because of the lack of appropriate
> internet governance structures and ICANN becoming the default home for lots
> of things it shouldn't be involved in.


I think that much of the growth of the staff and supporting structures
(that you call "bloat") is a direct result of ICANN listening to its
critics who have been demanding things like IDNs and new g(and
geo)TLDs and of course from WSIS and the IGF.  ICANN (and the other
orgs involved in actual IG work) have all increased their staff as a
result of EC.

Next week, for example, at the AfNOG/AfriNIC meeting in Kigali, we are
having a half day AfGWG (AfriNIC Government Working Group) Roundtable
Meeting.  A significant amount of staff time has gone into this "non
core business effort (it's not the first meeting of it's kind) and
AfriNIC has had to hire several new Communications types to do this
sort of work.


I find it highly ironic that while the folk who are willingly  doing
EC because of the Tunis Agenda have those efforts ignored by many on
this list as well having their efforts called "bloat" by others.

I guess it falls into the category of "be careful what you wish for".
If you want new gTLDs, IDNs and EC, then you have to expect that their
will be ppl hired to suport those efforts.

Y'all can't have it both ways, why you try is beyond me.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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