[ga] Re: [atlarge-discuss] Former ICANN father figure criticizes domain body

["Hans Klein" <hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu>]

I agree that this is a significant article.

We shouldn't believe that all is lost in ICANN.  At this point there are a 
great many important people and institutions that have stated their 
opposition to the ICANN "reforms" that would exclude users from the 
Board.   Just to name a few:

** Magaziner here calls for the need of an external "force" to make ICANN 
more democratic
** The General Accounting Office (the main policy analysis arm of the US 
Congress) was very critical of ICANN
** The Carter Center's person on the ALSC talked about a "coup d'etat"
** Milton Mueller's book has appeared at a propitious moment.

ICANN's attempt to close in on itself and exclude users is by no means 
going to succeed.  The user community can and must continue to speak out in 
support of accountability.

Hans




At 06:59 PM 7/23/2002 -0700, Jeff Williams wrote:
>All stakeholders or other interested parties,
>
>   From Chris Chiu at the ACLU:
>   Also see NCDNHC archives
>http://www.icann-ncc.org/pipermail/discuss/2002-July/002668.html
>
>===========
>
>Ira Magaziner, a former United States government official who played a
>key
>role in the creation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
>Numbers, said that he was "disappointed" in the organization and that
>ICANN
>"could use some external force now that would require it to rethink and
>reform in a democratic direction." He also felt that "there needs to be
>a
>broader representation of consumers and NGOs than now exists."
>
>See
>http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
>
>Regards,
>
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