[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] ccSO

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Milton and all,

  I think Milton here, has summed up the essence of the ccSO
position and basic argument.

  The problem with the ccSO going it alone is that in the near
term it will have little impact as more and more gTLD's come online.
So their long term impact as and independent SO, will be very
difficult and inter ccTLD rivalry could become a problem.

Milton Mueller wrote:

> >>> Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> 12/21/01 18:34 PM >>>
>
> > The NCC, if it were functional, would provide an
> > international forum where non-commercial interests
> > could find common ground in DNS policy. With a ccSO
> > that potential would likely vanish.
>
> The NCC has been doing precisely that. The problem
> is that from the beginning it has been assaulted by fifth-columnists (ICANN consultants, e.g., or agents of ccTLDs). Another problem is that DNSO is completely
> dominated by the Business constituencies.
> So even if we were completely successful at
> exerting leadership (as we have been in the ORG case)
> our views can be isolated and we can be rendered
> helpless if someone allied to the business interests
> wants to do it (which may yet happen with .org)
>
> Yet another problem is that the DNSO itself is weak.
> Bypassed by ICANN management whenever convenient - it is noteworthy, for example, that despite a unanimous
> vote led by the "powerful" business constituencies
> the ICANN mgmt has still not invited DNSO to be
> represented on the committee discussing the future of
> country name exclusions. Yet GAC and WIPO and
> Afilias are.
>
> The relevance of this to the ccSO subject:
> if developing country interests recognize the
> failure of DNSO to be a bottom up, fair, effective
> representation method and wish to tie themselves
> to stronger ccTLD registries, how can we blame them?
> Why be the weakest member of a weak appendage
> to the ICANN Structure?
>
> I think that is what this ccSO debate it all about.
>
> --MM
>
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Regards,

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