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

[McTim]

Norbert,

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> On the pad, someone is suggesting to change
>
> "1) Internationalisation of ICANN and IANA: The Global Meeting
> should aim at develping a concrete solution how the desired
> internationalization can be achieved."
>
> to
>
> "1) Internationalisation of ICANN and IANA: The Global Meeting should
> aim at developing a number of possible solutions on how this desired
> internationalization can be achieved."
>
>
> I'd like to request the author of this change to explain the reasoning
> behind it.

Have I violated your anti-american orthodoxy?

the reasoning behind the change is that this meeting is NOT supposed
to come up with concrete solutions.  It is supposed to discuss high
level principles IIRC.

Looking in the archives, I see this from S. Bellagama:

From the presidential website:
(http://blog.planalto.gov.br/brasil-vai-sediar-reuniao-internacional-sobre-governanca-da-internet-em-abril-de-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brasil-vai-sediar-reuniao-internacional-sobre-governanca-da-internet-em-abril-de-2014)

Brazil will host international meeting on Internet governance in April 2014

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs , Luiz Alberto Figueiredo ;
Communications , Paulo Bernardo; and Science , Technology and
Innovation , Marco Antonio Raupp , announced on Monday ( 18 ) , during
a press conference that Brazil will host an international conference
on Internet governance on 23rd and April 24, 2014  . According to
Paulo Bernardo, the meeting should take place in São Paulo . The goal,
according to Figueiredo , is organizing a multi-stakeholder meeting to
seek common understandings about the subject .

"The goal of the conference is a broad discussion of all stakeholders
and sectors directly linked to the internet  Governments , businesses
, academia, civil society. We are acting internationally for the
protection of human rights. This is the main guidance from our
government, to protect freedom of expression, human rights and
privacy. We are determined to continue on this path", said Figueiredo
.

The purpose of the meeting was arranged at a hearing of President
Dilma Rousseff with the CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers) , Fadi Chehadé , on October 9th. In this occasion, he said
that came "to discuss with her how to achieve practical solutions
starting from her her vision for the future, because the world's
confidence in the global Internet was injured" and that the idea of
the conference was to "discuss how together we set the grounds for our
work in governing the internet".

<end quote>

>
> My current perspective is that the main benefit of a high-level meeting
> as seems to be planned for Brazil should be that it could provide an
> opportunity to reach a decision on choosing a specific solution
> from among the various possibilities.


I think your current perspective is incorrect.

>
> If the choice is not made then and there, when and where will it be
> made?

I suspect it will go through a number of iterations of
meetings/discussions both pre- and post Brazil.  I don't mind if NTIA
no longer has a say in authorizing root zone changes, but I do
strongly object to an elite group of folk getting together (3 per
country?) to make this change.

-- 
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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