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

[Norbert Klein]

+1

..."democratic and equitable representation across world regions"...

Norbert Klein
in Cambodia



On 3/5/2014 2:10 AM, Mawaki Chango wrote:
> Milton,
>
> How would you address the challenge of democratic (assuming you agree 
> that this is or may be applicable here) and equitable representation 
> across world regions within the framework or under the fundamental 
> principle of the solution you and Brenden are proposing in that paper?
>
> From my experience, there is no denying that minorities are or feel 
> even more isolated in a setting when the elements that define the 
> delineation between (a large) majority and (a small) minority 
> prominently albeit silently or de facto include culture.
>
> Mawaki
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:49 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net 
> <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     On the other hand, my organisations and 45 others had suggested a
>     Technical Oversight Board which will consist of 2-3 persons from
>     each geo- political region, these people being from key technical
>     academic institutions, and a method selection/ election from among
>     possible candidates from each region could be devised... Plus, one
>     member from each region could come from the respective RIR...
>
>     This is a much more democratic spread then getting root operators
>     as ICANN's overseers (an overwhelming number from the US, and all
>     from developed countries) , or even TLD operators, who are mostly
>     from the US, apart from the root operator/ TLD owners proposal
>     suffering from the problem of those regulated overseeing the
>     regulators....
>
>     parminder
>
>
>
>     On Tuesday 04 March 2014 06:06 AM, parminder at itforchange.net
>     <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>>>       I do think it's worth having a bullet on the IANA issue
>>>     --internalization/
>>>     internationalization/ globalization-- as part of an IGC submission.
>>>
>>>     On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Milton L Mueller<mueller at syr.edu>  <mailto:mueller at syr.edu>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>     There are two proposals on the table: Ian's, which would strengthen
>>>>     ICANN
>>>>     by simply giving it control of IANA, and the IGP proposal, which takes
>>>>     IANA
>>>>     out of ICANN and makes it an independent entity controlled by all the
>>>>     world's TLD registries and root server operators.
>>>>
>>>>     At the very least, a statement from IGC could reference both proposals
>>>>     as
>>>>     something worth considering.
>>>     This sounds to me like a good compromise under the current time
>>>     constraints.
>>     I am unable to agree to a model where those who are supposed to be
>>     regulated supervise the regulators.... .(next, telcos supervise FCC and
>>     such telecom regulators!?) I would even call it weird.
>>
>>     parminder
>>
>>>>     Preferably, however, we should have a substantive discussion about the
>>>>     merits of either approach.
>>>>
>>>     Do you mean by the March 8th deadline? Otherwise we may certainly have
>>>     this
>>>     discussion not only for a possible oral contribution during Sao Paulo
>>>     proceedings but also for potential input in further processes beyond Sao
>>>     Paulo (I'm sure the NETMundial will net be the end of all this search for
>>>     the future of Ig.)
>>>
>>>     Mawaki
>>>
>>>
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