[governance] today's Wash Post editorial

[Milton L Mueller]

Any change model needs to take the role of VeriSign, which operates the root server currently recognized as "authoritative", into account. The system, like Cerberus, is a three-headed dog. (USG, ICANN, VRSN)

Generally, I am surprised that Parminder would opt for a change mechanism that would rely on unilateral action by RS operators and ICANN rather than one with more democratic legitimacy. Probably he hasn't thought this through very well. 

Any precipitous change in IG arrangements that occurred without at least the passive assent of a broad public AND the key stakeholders would create a lot of risks of counter-actions and disruptions that might undo whatever temporary gains were achieved. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of parminder
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:51 AM
> To: McTim
> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; David Conrad
> Subject: Re: [governance] today's Wash Post editorial
> 
> 
> On Friday 25 January 2013 08:48 PM, McTim wrote:
> > <snip>
> > right, clear that hurdle, then convince ICANN to violate the contract
> > that gives them their raison d'être and I am on board!
> 
> The whole point of what I am proposing is that ICANN raison d'etre must
> be its bottom up global legitimacy, and not the contract with the US
> gov... And ICANN has to take a stand on favour of one against the other
> possible raison d'etre. There is an obvious tension between the two, and
> my proposal invites us, and finally the ICANN, to take a clear stand on
> what ICANN's raison d'etre really is.
> 
> It is however intersting to note that you seem to consider the US
> contract being ICANN's raison d'etre rather than its bottom up global
> legitimacy.
> 
> parminder
> >
> 


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