[governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive bidding on November 4 - more history

Tue Oct 25 13:46:54 EDT 2011

Dear All,

Thank you for the enlightment. Very informative.

Miguel Alcaine

2011/10/25 "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

> Hi
>
> is there a way "back into the future" in an ICANN 3.5 with a more
> decentralized decisions making capacity below the ICANN Board (via the SOs
> liaised to the ACs) and a more decentralized overview (via the
> multistakeholder review teams) above the ICANN Board? In this scheme we
> would be back with a new version of the hour-glass model where the ICANN
> Board is not more than the interlocutor (and coordinator) between bottom uop
> (open and transparent) policy development and its review and oversight.
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> ________________________________
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> Von: governance at lists.cpsr.org im Auftrag von John Curran
> Gesendet: Di 25.10.2011 02:21
> An: Ian Peter
> Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Betreff: Re: [governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive
> bidding on November 4 - more history
>
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2011, at 7:16 PM, Ian Peter wrote:
>
> > Perhaps in the context of this discussion it is worth looking at how
> ICANN
> > evolved from the work on Jon Postel, how Postel at one stage favoured an
> ITU
> > solution, and how the USG reacted to this. What is below combines a
> little
> > of my writings with a large input from Wolfgang Kleinwachter. I would
> urge
> > you to read this, as it outlines the initial involvement of many players
> > still involved in internet governance debates.
>
> Peter -
>
> Yes, I lived through it (and have the scars to prove it...)
>
> > Ira Magaziner, US President Clinton's Internet adviser and the main
> > architect of what later became ICANN, replied in a hearing before the US
> > Congress to the European criticism: "The purpose of the Commerce
> Department
> > proposal is to improve the technical management of the DNS only. The
> Green
> > Paper does not propose a monolithic Internet Governance system. Frankly
> we
> > doubt that the Internet should be governed by a single body or plan."
> >
> > Jon Postel again changed his plans and took active part in the debate
> which
> > led to a "White Paper", published in June 1998 by the US Department of
> > Commerce." [ii]
> > <
> http://ianpeter.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/internet-governance-history-writte
> > n-2010/#_edn2>
>
> Indeed. Per the White Paper, the goal was to have "separate, diverse, and
> robust name and number councils responsible for developing, reviewing, and
> recommending for the board's approval policy related to matters within each
> council's competence.  Such councils, if developed, should also abide by
> rules and decision-making processes that are sound, transparent, protect
> against capture by a self-interested party and provide an open process
> for the presentation of petitions for consideration."
>
> Note the absence of the word "constituency" in the above.  Also note also
> these councils were envisioned to produce fully developed policy to the
> ICANN Board for approval, i.e. the Board's primary role was oversight; to
> make sure that coordination happened among its supporting organizations and
> that any policy was developed by sound and transparent means.  This makes
> for a nice small ICANN, with a boring job of insuring coordination between
> the Name and NUmber supporting organizations and occasionally approving
> consensus policy that emerged from them...
>
> Alas, we completely departed from original blueprint, when in Singapore the
> ICANN Board decided that rather than select among initial DNSO proposals
> received (as called for in its Bylaws), that the Board would instead design
> the structure of new DNSO based on staff input, and then simply modify the
> Bylaws to make this possible:
>
>   <http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/singapore/singapore-statement.htm>
>   <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-04mar99.htm>
>
> The result: instead of having singular DNS Support Organization which would
> have had to achieve internal consensus in order to recommend policies to
> the
> Board,  we have an abundance of constituencies all directly vying for the
> Board's attention to their particular needs. The very concept of having
> "constituencies" implies people aligned behind particular positions, as
> opposed to the White Paper's model of a standards setting body whereby
> individuals and entities are equally "able to participate by expressing
> a position and its basis, and having that position considered."
>
> People ask me: Why is the Address Support Organization (ASO) so quiet?
> Where is all of the policy development happening?  My answer is always
> the same: the ASO is operating according the original ICANN model as
> specified by the White Paper and ICANN's bylaws; policy development
> happens continuously throughout the year in geographically diverse
> locations with remote participation and open & transparent processes,
> and it is only the consensus results that the ASO brings forth to the
> ICANN Board for its consideration.  We coordinate with the technical
> folks in the IETF when we or they have need, and while it is a complete
> pain that we need to have complete alignment in order to advance policy,
> you'd be amazed what is does for encouraging actual listening to others
> positions and really considering their views.
>
> /John
>
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