[governance] Networkworld: ICANN Sets Up A Coalition to address new Internet governance challenges

[michael gurstein]

Many of the actions of ICANN post-Fadi indicate a significant shift in ICANN’s positioning within the overall Internet ecology—from being a simple player among other players to a self-initiated leadership role on behalf of the general well-being of the Internet and of the Internet ecology overall.  

 

Many are uneasy with this but if ICANN wishes to occupy that role (and given their privileged financial position as gatekeeper/rent extractor they are in a position to present themselves for this) then they have an interest in/responsibility for supporting the weakest link in that multi-stakeholder Internet ecology i.e. Civil Society.  Whether or not there is criticism flowing between ICANN and CS is overall irrelevant in this larger scheme of things. 

 

M

 

From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:suresh at hserus.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:42 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein
Subject: Re: [governance] Networkworld: ICANN Sets Up A Coalition to address new Internet governance challenges

 

The second seems much more sustainable long term. Or at least ICANN gets to choose which civil society organizations it decides to fund. Funding an organization that is entirely at cross purposes policy wise with them, and/or seems to feel IG is best served by attacking ICANN at every opportunity doesn't appear to make as much sense as it should.

--srs (iPad)


On 21-Nov-2013, at 0:18, "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

I’m thinking that if ICANN is so concerned to ensure a broad base of interested parties to address Internet Governance issues perhaps it could use some of it’s “tax revenue” as the gate keeper to the Internet to establish a fund to provide a solid and independent base of funding support to help build and support Civil Society in this area rather than, as appears currently to be the case, attempting through (selectively) widening the base of ICANN’s activity (and perk/travel funding) to absorb/incorporate/coopt leading elements of those in Civil Society with an interest in/knowledge about Internet Governance issues.

 

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/111813-icann-sets-up-39coalition39-to-276037.html 

 

Mike

 

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