[governance] DMP} Statement on Process and Objectives for the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance

[McTim]

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
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> ________________________________________
> From: McTim [dogwallah at gmail.com]
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>> I admit to oversimplifying, but ask .gcc or .patagonia if I'm wrong!
>
> GAC fought for and to some extent won the right during the policy process to do these sorts of things.
> But it is still the policy process, and it still requires board approval. However f**ed ICANN's policy process may have become (and I have been in the forefront of both fighting against arbitrary interventions of this sort and in the forefront warning that that the GAC represents a structural flaw in the PDP), it is still the policy process.
>
> Once the board approves a string, and it is time to enter it into the root zone file, that is where NTIA "oversight" happens. That is not, and should never be, a policy override process

Agreed.

>
>>I'd be happier if the GAC were to take on the NTIA role, rather than
>>have the status quo with their current (near) veto over what goes into
>>the root).
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> Lord forgive him for he knows not what he says. What a disaster. 193 governments getting a last, completely arbitrary poke at what goers into the root.

What i am proposing is that they would have to follow the procedures
that NTI follows.  There would be nothing arbitrary at all.  They
could only say if IANA followed their own process (or not).  They
would have to do this in a matter of hours/days at most, so would need
serious GAC reform.

> Are you out of your mind?

Perhaps ;-) But it is not really a serious proposal, the GAC wouldn't
agree to give up their (near) veto (and some of them think it is an
absolute veto) to take on a purely administrative, non-policy role.

>This would be an elevation, not a downgrade of their power

If it was purely admin and not policy, are you sure?  They would have
to give up their ability to advise the Board of course, so i think it
would diminish, not boost their power.

About to take off, will be available tomorrow p.m. to reply if needed.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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