New.net - Re: [ga] Sen. Burns to the Chair of the Commerce Committee

[Derek Conant <dconant@dnsga.org>]

Hey Dave, ...you guys still in business?

Derek Conant
DNSGA President and Chairman 


David Hernand wrote:
> 
> As many of you know, New.net recently issued a policy paper regarding the
> need to reform DNS governance that posits that the U.S. will maintain
> control over the legacy DNS root.  One of the themes in our paper is that we
> all must be brutally honest in assessing the current political and economic
> landscape when devising solutions to the current broken structure.  Based on
> conversations that I and others from New.net have had with members of
> Congress and DOC officials, we think that it is extremely unlikely that the
> U.S. Government will give up control over the root in the foreseeable
> future.  Senator Burns' letter provides further evidence of that point.  If
> true, then ICANN will never be able to achieve its mission, either in its
> current form or in the form envisioned by Stuart Lynn.  In light of the
> reality of continued U.S. control, we have proposed solutions that
> contemplate ongoing control, but afford greater recognition of the interests
> of ccTLD operators and greater reliance on market forces instead of ICANN's
> notion of privatized worldwide government.  (For those that are interested,
> our paper is available at http://www.new.net/WhitePaper_v2.pdf  (PDF
> version)  http://www.new.net/WhitePaper_v2.html (HTML version)).
> 
> David Hernand
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Sotiris
> Sotiropoulos
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:15 PM
> To: George Kirikos
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] Sen. Burns to the Chair of the Commerce Committee
> 
> George Kirikos wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > --- Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com> wrote:
> > > The US never really had any intention of handing control
> > > over the root to anyone, least of all an
> > > pseudo-international body a.k.a. ICANN.
> >
> > Personally, I have no problems with US control over the root. Having it
> > in the hands of a stable democracy with a mature legal system seems
> > preferable to that of a quasi-UN board, with unknown intentions and
> > difficult enforcement mechanisms. I prefer the devil I know, I suppose.
> > :) [I'm Canadian, by the way, so supporting the Americans isn't a
> > nationalistic thing for me]
> 
> I'm Canadian as well!  Perhaps Canada should run the root?
> 
> >
> > What's important, though, is to not let the beast get out of control.
> > It's mandate should be limited to the technical issues, without policy
> > creep into areas beyond its scope.
> 
> Fat chance of that!
> 
> --
> Sincerely,
> 
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>         Hermes Network Inc.
>         Toronto, Canada
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