[governance] ITU vs. ICANN

[Jacqueline Morris]

I disagree. The Interim ALAC was a very different creature, and the true
ALAC really can be said to have begun with the creation of the RALOs. That
means that the ALAC most certainly isn't 7 years old at all. The regional
input is much more than you admit, and ALAC members voted for by the RALOs
are voted on by the members of the ALS organisations -  and they give
direction to their reps on pretty much everything. ALSes also provide
members for working groups and task forces, and since the inception of the
RALOs, there have been many more new participants in all aspects of ICANN
and indeed, IG. Many of the ALS members are from developing and
underdeveloped areas, and it makes ALAC much more representative. It isn't
perfect by any means, but it needs to be praised for what it does and not
just abused  for what it doesn't, or isn't.
Jacqueline

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> wrote:

>
> And I agree with Milton that ICANN's ALAC is not a creation that can be
> considered as deserving of credit as representative of the community of
> internet users. (I perceive the ALAC more as a Sally Rand feather fan
> designed to hide ICANN's removal of even those small patches of
> democratic clothing that it had a decade ago.)
>
> (And I disagree with the argument that the ALAC is young and needs time.
> ICANN's ALAC is more than 7 years old and has received so much ICANN
> funding and support that ICANN is unable to generate accounting reports
> of how much money it has spent on ALAC life support. Do we really need a
> Daniel to translate the words that are clearly written on the ALAC's
> wall by public's forsaking of the ALAC? The message, that the ALAC has
> been weighed and found wanting, is rather clear.)
>
> So what does all of this mean?
>
> To my mind it means that we need to step back and ask what it is that we
> want to accomplish. From that, I believe, we ought to revisit history's
> lessons about how to structure and constrain bodies of authority.
>
> ICANN is an experiment. And like many experiments the results that say
> how not to do a thing are the results of greatest value.
>
> It's almost as if we are in Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" - we seem to
> disregard the obvious, which is that on the internet anybody can
> establish a new DNS hierarchy and turn-off ICANN or ITU control.
>
>                --karl--
>
>
>
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