Re: [wg-review] Intake from the GA ML

["Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <rod@cyberspaces.org>]

It might be a good idea to have one nation's legislature -- particularly the
U.S. Congress -- perform oversight of ICANN's current activities, but this
may not be a prudent long term solution, and we should be cautious in
considering the matter.
Rod







   >>The people are everyones constituency and the source of all power.
   >>
   >>But frankly, I believe what we need to stop the dike from bursting, a
   >crisis of the short-term, is for top-down change in the form of
dedicated,
   >educated US Congressional oversight with a splash of judicial-esque
   >judgement.  I think a permanent Congressional sub-committee needs to be
   >established whos primary role and responsibility is to ensure that ICANN
   >remains faithful to the commitments it made when it was established and
   >that the stated ideals are maintained and the goals are achieved.
   >>
   >
   >I used the same dam bursting analogy  talking to Pindar Wong, who spoke
for
   >the @large committee in Melbourne. He was aware, so  ICANN must be aware
of
   >this crisis potential too.
   >This is why they have called on a heavyweight like Carl Bildt to act as
   >judge in the coming fight about @large representation. The Board is now
   >divided.
   >
   >>A blind man could easily see how far away ICANN has wandered from the
path
   >which was set for them.  It is possible that the US Congress might even
be
   >able to see it too?
   >>
   >Yes, the interim Board driven  ICANN has strayed. But the struggle for
   >control of ICANN's direction has only just begun.  The U.S. politicians
   >need to be sensitive to the other 40 -odd governmental players (the GAC)
   >too, not only to their six powerful Multinationals or their American
   >constituents.
   >
   >We have to be watchful that handing the reins or the whip to U.S.
   >politicians, is not going to end the global character of ICANN or lead
us
   >to even worse strife than we are now.
   >After all, as much respect as we all have for the U.S. Constitution, we
   >know that democracy in the real world is about the rule of money as much
as
   >it is here and now in ICANN.
   >
   >But I much appreciate your thoughtful posting, even if it does give me
that
   >slightly hopeless feeling.
   >
   >
   >
   >
   >
   >--Joop--
   >Founder of the Cyberspace Association.
   >Former bootstrap of the IDNO (www.idno.org)
   >Developer of    The Polling Booth
   >www.democracy.org.nz/vote1/
   >
   >
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