[governance] Debunking eight myths about multi-stakeholderism

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On Apr 29, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ok, let's try this then:
> 
> Is EFF a stakeholder?
> 
> I don't mean in some hand-wavey feel-good "EVERYBODY is a
> STAKEHOLDER!" way.
> 
> I mean are they enfranchisable?
> 
> Say the ICANN proposal for the IANA transition is in its final form
> and looking for a formal vote of confidence.
> 
> A yes vote would make it happen, a no vote would likely send it back
> for several months of re-write. This is not just a feel-good poll.
> 
> The stakeholders are assembled and ready to be counted.
> 
> Is EFF one of them?

If EFF chooses to participate at ICANN (which it generally doesn't, though I realize this is a hypothetical), then it is going to be through the stakeholder structures that have been developed for doing that, such as the NPOC within the NCSG of the GNSO.[0]  I make no claims here about how legitimate or effective those particular structures are.

[0] Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency within the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group of the Generic Names Supporting Organization

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