[governance] ICANN head warns against putting Internet addresses

[Everton Lucero]

I wonder from whom the Reuters reporter heard that "countries such as
Iran and Brazil..." believe ICANN should cede its authority to the UN.
As far as Brazil is concerned, that is total misinformation, to say
the least. I am certain  Mr. Beckstrom would have never said that
nonsensical phrase.
Perhaps Wolfgang is right: we are back at pre-WSIS times. But things
(and countries' views) have gone a long way since then. Need to keep
up!
Everton


2010/5/29 McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>:
> 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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