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Re: My comment - Was Re: [ga] On the ALAC's Request for Comments
Karl and all fellow members or other interested parties,
Excellent comments, remarks and suggestions here Karl.
We {INEGroup] as you know have been on record for some time
as to transparency and openness as well that is equitable to any
and all Stakeholders/users or Interested parties as laid out in the
original MoU as well at the White Paper. Hence you last suggestion
is well taken.
Karl Auerbach wrote:
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> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
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> > ...and the things we still have to do (such as getting
> > the archival of comments up and running).
>
> Because the apparently is no place for people to view the comments, here's
> what I sent in...
>
> --karl--
>
> This message contains various items, all of which concern the "Proposed
> Criteria and Accreditation Process for At-Large Structures, and Proposed
> Guidelines for Regional At-Large Organizations' (RALOs) Memorandum of
> Understanding (MOU) with ICANN Draft for Public Comment 9 April 2003".
>
> First: Where is the public posting of the comments? It appears that it
> has not been established.
>
> Without there being public posting of comments *while* the discussion
> period is open there is no ability for the development of ideas through
> the exchange of ideas. Without the public being able to see the postings
> as they occur the whole idea of informed public comment is crippled, if
> not rendered a mockery.
>
> Second: The first point under "Proposed minimum criteria for an At-Large
> Structure (ALS)" says "...relates to ICANN's technical management
> responsibilities for the Internet's domain name and address system..."
>
> I find this linkage of an ALS to "technical" matters to be disingenuous -
> ICANN rarely, if ever, deals with technical matters. ICANN is primarily a
> body that deals with legal, social, economic, and business regulatory
> matters that have no meaningful relationship to any technical matter
> whatsoever.
>
> None of ICANN's other "stakeholders" are obligated to demonstrate that
> their concerns or representative organizations arise out of a technical
> foundation. This completely artifical limitation of a "technical"
> relationship should not be imposed on those of the internet community or
> upon any organizations they chose to represent their views.
>
> Third: Worthy as many of the criteria are (such as the requirement that
> ALS's disclose funding to reveal any conflicts), no similar criteria are
> imposed on ICANN's other "stakeholders". Unless and until such criteria
> are imposed equally on all other ICANN "stakeholders" and their
> constituent organizations it is unfair to impose these conditions on those
> in the internet community or upon any organizations they chose to
> represent their views.
>
> --karl--
> Karl Auerbach
> Elected Director for North America
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> (ICANN)
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