[governance] ITU vs. ICANN

[Milton L Mueller]

Setting aside the merits or demerits of Avri's proposal regarding ALAC, my point - which should have been further elaborated - is this: 

When the governments who have been demanding an ITU takeover of ICANN become clever enough to seek to take over ICANN from within, via the GAC, watch out. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 11:45 AM
> To: IGC
> Subject: Re: [governance] ITU vs. ICANN
> 
> Hi,
> 
> and one way to deal with part of that is to insist that a civil society
> oriented advisory committee, i.e. the ALAC, have exactly the same
> rights, at the bylaw level, within ICANN as the GAC.
> 
> a.
> 
> On 12 Oct 2010, at 11:37, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> 
> > Like I've been telling you, watch out for the GAC.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> It calls for the government body within ICANN (the Governmental
> >> Advisory Committee, or GAC) to be given oversight powers of ICANN,
> >> "such that the latter becomes subject to GAC decisions". And it
> >> suggests that GAC is reformed along the same lines as the ITU
> >> Council."
> >>
> >
> >
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