[governance] APC priorities for IGF 2014

[Milton L Mueller]

Much better.
As Avri knows I support the breakdown of the transition process to distribute control over proposals to the three distinct operational communities. Although we disagree about the best way to handle ICANN/IANA accountability, your updated statement at least takes a reform-oriented, progressive perspective on the transition and makes a coherent agument for its approach.

Milton L Mueller
Laura J and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/


From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Anriette Esterhuysen
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 12:05 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] APC priorities for IGF 2014

I checked in with Avri who helps us with this and here is the updated text. Thanks again Milton.

Anriette



In March 2014, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) made an historic announcement of its “intent to transition key internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community.” This development has triggered a process to identify a new system to replace NTIA’s “historic steward” of the DNS (internet domain name system), which has been cause for concern and debate among governments and other stakeholders for more than a decade.

We applaud the progress made in establishing the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG). We remain concerned about the accountability of ICANN and look forward to a genuine process of review and improvement by ICANN of its accountability to the global community. We are concerned that the ICG is focusing too much on the individual operational communities and not paying attention to any cross cutting IANA transition issues. While improvements in ICANN accountability are necessary, the goals of separation of policy and operation responsibility mean that IANA accountability needs to be dealt with as a separate issue by the ICG.

On 29/08/2014 17:45, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
Dear Milton

Thanks so much for the heads up on this!

We quoted from the original submission on this by Avri - made to NETmundial online - which we supported. We should have udpated it. You are quite right in raising concerns.

We are working right now with Avri to update that part of the document to reflect recent discussions. We will change the online version.

Anriette

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