[governance] Your support for a petition

[Avri Doria]

hi,

They are quite careful to explain that the required consensus, only requires one country to voice the objection and other countries to keep their silence.

And in the collegiality of the GAc, we can expect that most representatives will keep their silence so that others will keep their silence when they object.

The GAC does not vote, it mostly just goes along silently behind the lead of a few leaders.  So it is questionable what one could take to court on a national basis

As for your comments on the ICC Center of Expertise, that is another problem and many of us agree with you, but the two problems do not cancel each other out.

And yeah, we know you are not enamored of big business.

a.
someone who signed the petition

On 18 Feb 2011, at 00:36, parminder wrote:

> Milton/ Norbert
> 
> Excuse my ignorance about complicated ICANN issues. I am still only trying to understand the issue but...
> 
> Do you think an objection that needs to be supported by *a full consensus in the GAC* is really 'putting GAC in charge of domain name policy. How easy is it to get a consensus among all governments. In fact pursuant to any such consensus it is at present 'legal' to militarily raid and takeover any country. But that really doesn't happen that often, right.
> 
> Moreover, how does it compare with the present practice where any adjudication regarding 'public interest' issues involved in domain name policy is done by a body of the International Chambers of Commerce. Interestingly, this body of ICC - the ICC International Centre of Expertise - on its website claims expertise in 'every conceivable subject relevant to business operations'. Business operations?? Public interest ?? Am I missing something here. 
> 
> Furthermore, any vote of any country (say, the US) in the GAC on a public interest issue,  since its implication will also be produced within that country, should be able to be challenged in the national courts vis a vis its compliance to constitutional and subordinate law. 
> 
> As you would have surmised, I am not too enamored of global political power being exercised by big business, and between         that and legitimate political systems, will prefer to work with the latter, and seek reforms to them.
> 
> And, Milton, if a legitimate transnational political system has to be sought, placing big business in a central position is hardly the right way to go about it. It is best sought as an evolution from existing representative systems. 
> 
> Parminder   
> 
> 
> On Friday 18 February 2011 01:13 PM, Norbert Klein wrote:
>> On 02/17/2011 12:31 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> 
>>> I am seeking support for this online petition, which some of us will carry into the IGF Geneva consultation and then the Brussels ICANN meeting. It relates to the U.S. Commerce Department's efforts to put the GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) in charge of domain name policy. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/nogacveto
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Please sign it if you agree! And redistribute the link widely if you can!
>>>   
>>> 
>> Already done.
>> 
>> 
>> Norbert Klein
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> PK
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