[governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial and beyond.

[parminder at itforchange.net]

I think the principles laid out by Louis are excellent and should be
adopted by IGC as its submission to NetMundial

parminder


> Hi Mawaki
>
> I think it would be great if IGC could make some sort of submission for
> NetMundial, but with a March 8 deadline and a preceding consensus call it
> may prove difficult
>
> I would leave my proposal re IANA out of it because I know many here have
> different opinions (some slight, some major) and I dont think a consensus
> statement could be achieved. So perhaps we should concentrate on Louis’s
> list of principles, ie
>
>
> 1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.
>
> 2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria
> such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic
> resources.
>
> 3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral
> among service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or
> privileged position.
>
> 4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit
> all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic
> development.
>
> 5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less Developed
> Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in
> activities related to worldwide internet governance.
>
>
> I would immediately agree to these – and I know Louis mentioned this was
> being worked on for a NetMundial submission – Louis, if you would like
> to, and could put forward a final draft by say COB Tuesday, I think that
> would allow time for consensus adoption and submission, or for IGC to be a
> co-signatory?
>
>
> Ian Peter
>
> From: Mawaki Chango
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 7:55 AM
> To: Internet Governance ; Deirdre Williams
> Subject: [governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial and
> beyond.
>
> Dear All,
>
> First of all, I wish to apologize on behalf of Deirdre and myself for the
> prolonged silence. We both have been caught at the same time in other
> immediate commitments with various demands on our time, including
> traveling and the burdens that come with (starting with the reason why one
> might be traveling in the first place which can only be carried out during
> the limited time of such travels.) Anyway, you get my drift...
>
> Now I'd like to get the ball rolling on things that we as IGC might want
> to do this year by building on those who have already posted ideas and
> suggestions regarding the NetMundial at São Paulo. While it may be late
> for starting to prepare a written submission which is expected to be in by
> March 8, perhaps we may still start working out something that could be
> delivered during the proceedings if we are given the opportunity (or
> simply as a first step in the formulation of some basic ideas we might
> seek consensus on at some point in the process in response to Ig
> challenges of the day, even beyond São Paulo.)
>
> On that note, I remember Antonio Medina Gómez sending to the list a note
> dated Jan 22 where he volunteered "to attend the meeting and act as
> Rapporteur for the IGC to report back on meetings in real time. Let me
> know what your thoughts are. I will also update you daily and at the end
> of the meeting produce a report on key observations. I think having a team
> of IGC rapporteurs would be useful and I am willing to volunteer."
>
>
> So maybe beyond written submissions, the question that looms ahead is: How
> are we going to organize IGC presence and participation in the proceedings
> in São Paulo?
>
> Meanwhile and for immediate consideration, I have seen over the recent
> days two proposals/statements that appear to me a good starting point for
> discussing any possible input by IGC or subsets/member of IGC. One is more
> about principles and the other more focused on a practical solution to one
> problem. I have copied and pasted them as follows.
>
> [SOURCE: Louis Pouzin, mail posted on Feb 28]
>
> 1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.
>
> 2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria
> such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic
> resources.
>
> 3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral
> among service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or
> privileged position.
>
> 4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit
> all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic
> development.
>
> 5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less Developed
> Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in
> activities related to worldwide internet governance.
>
>
>
> [SOURCE: Ian Peter, mail posted on Feb 28]
>
>
> Roadmap (and principles) for internalisation of the former  IANA functions
> within the multistakeholder ICANN model.
>
> This roadmap concentrates on one internet governance issue only – the
> future of the IANA functions which have been the subject of much past
> discussion because current arrangements are seen by many to be outside of
> the preferred multistakeholder model.
>
> Indeed, IANA itself was established  in an era before current internet
> governance models (multistakeholder) and governance institutions (eg
> ICANN) were in existence.
>
> ROADMAP
>
> This roadmap suggests that the IANA functions, though necessary processes
> in the secure and authoritative functioning of the Internet, no longer
> need a separate entity and would more productively merged with similar
> functions under the auspices of ICANN. Subject of course to many concerns
> about details, this direction appears to have widespread support from
> governments, civil society, technical community, and private sector.
>
> In order to achieve this desired change efficiently and productively, the
> following roadmap is proposed.
>
> 1.       ICANN should be requested to prepare a proposal for management of
> the previous IANA functions within the ICANN multistakeholder model,
> bearing in mind the following criteria:
>
> (a) protection of the root zone from political or other improper
> interference;
>
> (b) integrity, stability, continuity, security and robustness of the
> administration of the root zone;
>
> (c) widespread [international] trust by Internet users in the
> administration of this function; (d) support of a single unified root
> zone; and
>
> (e) agreement regarding an accountability mechanism for this function that
> is broadly accepted as being in the global public interest."
>
> 2. Preparation of the proposal should involve discussion with all major
> stakeholder groups, with a completion timetable for a first draft for
> discussion at the Internet Governance Forum in Turkey in September 2014.
>
> 3. To expedite completion in a timely manner, it is suggested that outside
> consultants be engaged to prepare the discussion paper (proposal) in
> consultation with major stakeholders.
>
> 4. The solution must have the following characteristics
>
> (a) offers a legal structure that is robust against rogue litigation
> attacks
>
> (b) is aligned with the Internet technical infrastructure in a way that
> supports innovative, technology based evolution of the DNS .
>
> (c) is an inclusive model
>
> (d) is a demonstrable improvement on current processes in this area
>
> END of proposals
>
> Deirdre also has suggested the possibility of a series of very short
> statements (micro-blogging kind of length) to capture succinct positions
> on critical points. She will probably say more on that in the next couple
> of days.
>
> Meanwhile I am inviting you all to step forward and share your thought
> about the above.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Mawaki
>
>
>
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