[governance] RE: FW: [liberationtech] Chinese preparing for a "Autonomous Internet" ?

[Norbert Bollow]

Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:
> Nonetheless, I remain of the opinion that a host country agreement
> for ICANN is a good idea; but also agree with Alejandro that any
> proposed changes to core functions of the Internet must be
> approached with due caution, and with full understanding of how the
> current processes operate. And ideally, follow an open and
> transparent process of discussion and refinement.  Which is the kind
> of thing that the APA does reasonably well.

Hmm... in the context of that Administrative Procedures Act, "open"
seems to mean "anyone can observe" rather than "anyone can
participate in the discussions that matter".

Having seen that specifically in the Internet context, the "anyone can 
participate in the discussions that matter" kind of openness can work
rather well, I do not find it acceptable to settle for a lesser kind
of openness: If some stakeholders are excluded from the discussions
that matter, it is practically certain that their concerns will not be
given due consideration.

> Asking - anyone - to develop a fully comprehensive model of the next
> stage of Internet Governance, presumes that person is as intimately
> familiar with the Internet's plumbing as David, John, McTim, Avri
> and Alejandro; but that they also have not one but three legal
> specializations/certificates as well.  Not to mention a fair
> appreciation of both public policy and contemporary business
> practice.
> 
> Good luck to all of us globally crowd-sourcing the needed
> disciplines and knowledge together, and debating not one - but a
> whole pile of norms and procedures, and how they may - or may not -
> apply at multiple levels of analysis, to various aspects of Internet
> Governance.

I would suggest that that "ECTF" ("Enhanced Cooperation Task Force")
structure, that I have been proposing, should be suitable for this
purpose.

Greetings,
Norbert

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