[wg-review] Multilingulaism - Should ICANN Collapse? *Re: Outreach of ICANN? Re: [wg-review] Re: [cctld-discuss] Comments on review...

[Derek Conant <dconant@dnsga.org>]

I truly do not want to see ICANN collapse.

However, I believe that if ICANN does not understand that it must
immediately change its self-serving policy that includes changing its
exclusion of international Internet constituencies from playing key
roles in the control and management of the Internet, then ICANN may very
well collapse due to foreign organizations consolidating with their own
resources to achieve such outcome and chaos against ICANN and the US.

ICANN's multilingulaism and outreach project appears to serve only to
proliferate ICANN's bad policy worldwide.  I can only conclude that
ICANN truly believes that it can sell its bad policy to foreign
governments and international Internet constituencies thereby gaining a
stronger foothold worldwide.  Then, ICANN appears to bet that it will be
virtually impossible for the international community to change ICANN's
way of doing things once it gains a stronger foothold.  This appears to
have been ICANN's game from the start.

ICANN is not invincible.  It seems that ICANN has convinced the World
here that it cannot be replaced with a better DNS management model or
organization to manage the DNS.  I do not believe that ICANN's faith in
its immortality is very well founded.  The US itself has the control and
power to replace ICANN with a different organization if the US believes
that its investment is at risk.  There are provisions in the DoC/ICANN
agreements for DoC to replace ICANN.  There is no doubt in my mind that
such mechanisms were put in place for the purpose of salvaging the US
investment.

ICANN is vulnerable.  ICANN's multilingulaism and outreach project
appears to be product of the DoC and ICANN realizing that ICANN is
vulnerable.

ICANN's multilingulaism and outreach project sounds like a good idea on
its face, however, if you really look at it, ICANN has not made any
concessions whatsoever that will benefit the international community,
nor has ICANN demonstrated its willingness to offer international
Internet constituencies key roles in the control, management and
integrity of the DNS.

Interested parties should not fall victim to ICANN's tactics of
deception.  International Internet constituencies should demand policy
change concessions from ICANN to achieve true international control,
management and integrity of the DNS.

ICANN should accept propositions of change to its existing policy and
allow international Internet constituencies to play a key role in the
control, management and integrity of the DNS.

International Internet constituencies should refuse to contribute money,
funds and resources and refuse to participate in the furtherance of
ICANN development until ICANN commits to concessions that will benefit
international Internet constituencies and their active roles in the
control, management and integrity of the DNS.

No progress in ICANN's current state seems better than contributing to
ICANN's erroneous policy that excludes international Internet
constituencies and their participation in the control, management and
integrity of the DNS.

I hope ICANN is listening.

Derek Conant


Other relevant comments submitted by Derek Conant are below:
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg01983.html
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg01990.html
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg02027.html
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg02032.html
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg02053.html
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg02078.html
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-review/Arc02/msg02079.html

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