Re: [ga] Call for support until Monday 13th

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

Alexander and all assembly members,

  I am NOT in favor of this motion as stated...

Alexander Svensson wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> would people who want the motion below to be included
> in a GA vote please send me a short statement of
> support privately (not to the list please -- I will
> post the list of names when it is collected) to
> <alexander@svensson.de> ? Thanks! As you probably
> know by now, 10 (ten) supporters are needed to get
> this included, and they are needed until Monday
> 13th, so please reply as soon as you can.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Whereas there are certain basic principles which have to be honored
>         by an entity coordinating key Internet resources in order to
>         gain the trust of the Internet community,
>
> Whereas these principles include transparent process, broad input into
>         policy-making, which must include meaningful individual
>         and non-commercial participation, and accountability (including
>         independent review of decisions),
>
> Whereas there is a widespread perception that ICANN is moving away
>         from these principles, in particular by stalling or abandoning
>         processes for the implementation of an independent review
>         system and for participation of the Internet community at
>         large in ICANN oversight,
>
> the General Assembly of the DNSO reminds the ICANN Board that it must
> adhere to these principles in any reform proposal and make it
> sufficiently known how proposed reforms provide improvements regarding
> these principles. Should the ICANN reform process fail to provide
> significant improvements in these regards, it is the international
> Internet community's and governments' task to consider how all of or
> parts of ICANN's responsibilities could be transferred smoothly to one
> or more new or existing organizations which are accountable to the
> international Internet community as a whole, have clearly defined
> missions and are not only under the sole control of a national
> department of commerce, without endangering the stability of the DNS
> or the Internet as a whole. In the meantime, all groups of the Internet
> community are   called to deliver their input on reforms needed.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have read Joop's friendly amendment and thank him for it
> (http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc10/msg01011.html).
> The essence of Jamie's motion in my view is that it is
> addressed directly to the US-DoC and only indirectly to ICANN
> (which is also why some people have raised concerns about
> its scope). The motion above is addressed to the ICANN
> Board and in the case that the basic principles mentioned
> above are not honored, calls on the *international* Internet
> community and governments. Joop's amendment would change
> this into an appeal which again goes to the US Department of
> Commerce -- this goes against the intention of my original
> motion and I therefore prefer to keep the original motion
> unchanged. (Of course it is also possible to offer an
> additional motion!)
>
> I have also received an email about the wording "without
> endagering the stability of the DNS". I definitely understand
> that people are tired of this phrase, but when we are even
> considering moving the coordination of key Internet resources,
> we should demonstrate that we are not only playing some game,
> but are acting responsibly and have the stability of the DNS
> in mind. I am of course aware that in a narrow technical
> sense, we are talking about trivial keystrokes (e.g.
> switching DNS root servers within minutes), but on the other
> hand, we know that we are not talking about some purely
> technical switching here. That's why I included the phrase
> even though it has definitely been used a couple of times
> too often.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> /// Alexander
>
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