[governance] [govenance] The domain name racket goes on

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

As I read through all the email discussions, I could not help wondering
whether there should be greater awareness done on the roles of stakeholders
within the ecosystem. The content of the discussions in relation to domain
name racket I could not follow through properly but whilst people are still
putting all their eggs in the domain name basket with the gTLD process,
hardly anyone talks about the dotless domains and the implication for the
current value of the domain name. Can the domain name and dotless domain
name be likened to PSTN and NGN in terms of transition? Is it inevitable
that the world will shift from domains to more dotless domains or are
dotless domains are just a fly by night.

Personally I prefer ICANN over ITU any day in terms of being open to
hearing the voices of diverse community. ICANN has built in mechanisms for
input into various processes. ITU on the other hand remains a closed trunk
available only to Governments, Regulators and ICT Private Sector who can
afford it, and they have no capacity to be flexible to absorb civil
society. In terms of accountability, ICANN leads as all its reports are
published open and online and available for easy access by anyone except
*some* of the SSAC reports.

However, I can also understand why, sometimes being the oldest UN
organisation can make this resistant to change to be more relevant with the
dynamics of time. ITU has done fantastic work building and developing
toolkits for diverse initiatives within the ICT space and should be
commended.

The ITU has also begun using multistakeholder in their various speeches
just as ICANN does for some time now.

However, despite my preferences, I can say that both organisations have
greater room for even more improvement. However, to do that we as civil
society must first get our act together and figure out architecturally, the
kind of changes we would like to see happening in the ecosystem to amplify
the voice of the common man and the inclusion of *ALL* our voices.

At the same time, we have to come to the realisation that we can treat and
respect individual organisations as unique with distinct roles and mandates
and perhaps that will make us less likely to try to want to fit square pegs
in round holes.

:)
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