Yes, Jorge, your highlighted question says it all. D. Should the IANA Stewardship Transition be unwound? This represented the problem statement for the jurisdiction sub-group, which got internally and externally high-jacked to cannibalise its own mandate and produce fictitious ones in its place. It is just a pity that even in the 21st century some people/ groups do not value their political freedom as one might expect them to, and are happy to remain dependent and servile. What a dishonour to the visionaries and revolutionaries of yester-years and yester-centuries who made such sacrifices for political freedoms -- little they knew that it will be valued so less by those for whom they make sacrifices. Personally, it hurts even more that people and groups from post-colonial countries are ready to stay colonised, if in new manners, even when they know that they do not and never will occupy a place in the US-led order equal even to US'sclose allieslike the EU and some other, even as the latter are themselves denied equality and freedom in this case. I know thatmany will quote in defence expedience of practicality, and may be it does constrain some government members perhaps (but still really much more could be done), but what about those who professedly stand independently and directly for global public interest, and have no obvious constraints? By not giving a strong and clear principles-based view on the jurisdiction question, whether it got finally "accepted" or not, this so call global multistakeholder community has simply confirmed its geo-political partisanship... It has driven another nail in the coffin of a possible global Internet/digital order that was seen as globally fair and just and thus could perhaps have dissuaded, or at least limited, the new cold war kind of splits in digital global order that are increasingly imminent. On the altar of narrow interests, short term gains and expediency has been sacrificed the immense political power of fairness, justice and equality, that still IMHO is our best best, together and even separately, for each of us. parminder On Monday 11 June 2018 08:13 PM, Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch wrote:
Dear all
I guess that this notice of inquiry may be of interest to many participants in this group…
Kind regards
Jorge
*De :*InternetPolicy [mailto:internetpolicy-bounces@elists.isoc.org] *De la part de* Ayden Férdeline *Envoyé :* mercredi 6 juin 2018 10:24 *À :* ISOC INTERNETPOLICY <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org <mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>> *Objet :* [Internet Policy] NTIA Notice of Inquiry on International Internet Policy Priorities
The NTIA is seeking comments <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr-rfc-international-intern...> until 2 July 2018 on its future Internet policy priorities; I have pasted some of their questions below. Those to do with the value and effectiveness of multistakeholderism and the IGF might be of particular interest to those on this list.
Best wishes,
Ayden Férdeline
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A. Does the multistakeholder approach continue to support an environment for the internet to grow and thrive? If so, why? If not, why not?
B. Are there public policy areas in which the multistakeholder approach works best? If yes, what are those areas and why? Are there areas in which the multistakeholder approach does not work effectively? If there are, what are those areas and why?
C. Are the existing accountability structures within multistakeholder internet governance sufficient? If not, why not? What improvements can be made?
D. Should the IANA Stewardship Transition be unwound? If yes, why and how? If not, why not?
E. What should be NTIA’s priorities within ICANN and the GAC?
F. Are there any other DNS related activities NTIA should pursue? If yes, please describe.
G. Are there barriers to engagement at the IGF? If so, how can we lower these barriers?
H. Are there improvements that can be made to the IGF’s structure, organization, planning processes, or intercessional work programs? If so, what are they?
I. What, if any, action can NTIA take to help raise awareness about the IGF and foster stakeholder engagement?
J. What role should multilateral organizations play in internet governance?
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