May 2009 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

Re: [At-Large] Fwd: [governance] EC recommends a "G12" for IG
by Sivasubramanian Muthusamy May 5, 2009

May 5, 2009

Hello To progress from G1 to G12 appears to be a good idea. Viviane Reding proposes G12 as "an informal group of government representatives that meets at least twice a year and can make, by majority, recommendations to ICANN where appropriate. To be geographically balanced, this "G-12 for Internet Governance" should include two representatives from each North America, South America, Europe and Africa, three representatives from Asia and Australia, as well as the Chairman of ICANN as a non-voting member. International Organisations with competences in this field could be given observer status. The idea is that "it is not defendable that the government department of only one country has oversight of an internet function which is used by hundreds of millions of people in countries all over the world". At the same time, the accountability of ICANN due to its "unique position of a global quasi-monopoly... requires global management... [as] monopolies always involve the risk of abuse. And who should ICANN be accountable to? Not the UN, because "decisions on internet governance need to be taken swiftly". So a G 12. The G12 for Internet Governance differs from a NATO or OPEC, as it is "informal" and "geographically balanced" with the inclusion of the ICANN chairman as a "non-voting" member with "observer" status granted to International Organizations. Good progress. But a move by Governments to take over the Internet? Why voting status to the Government 12 and observer status to the International Organizations? I would, in my independent opinion prefer an I 12 for Internet Governance with the twelve governments as Observers.... Sivasubramanian Muthusamy (individual views) On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> wrote: > 9 minutes, well worth listening to what Viviane Reding has to say. > > Adam > > > To: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org >> From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki(a)ras.eu.org> >> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 19:26:55 +0200 >> >> Viviane Reding recommendation on IG: >> - A fully privatized and independent ICANN >> - Judicial review (complaints) "by a small, independent international >> tribunal" (instead of California court) >> - (Governmental) Oversight by a "G12" (geographically balanced) >> http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/video/index_en.htm >> >> So, progress on multilateral oversight. Business (and when I say business, >> I really mean the business sector) as usual on other issues. IG seems to be >> seen as a consumer issue only. >> >> Enjoy! >> Meryem >> >> -- >> Meryem Marzouki - http://www.iris.sgdg.org >> IRIS - Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire >> 40 rue de la Justice - 75020 Paris >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance(a)lists.cpsr.org >> To be removed from the list, send any message to: >> governance-unsubscribe(a)lists.cpsr.org >> >> For all list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance >> > > > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >

7 8

Fwd: [governance] EC recommends a "G12" for IG
by Adam Peake May 4, 2009

May 4, 2009

9 minutes, well worth listening to what Viviane Reding has to say. Adam >To: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org >From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki(a)ras.eu.org> >Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 19:26:55 +0200 > >Viviane Reding recommendation on IG: >- A fully privatized and independent ICANN >- Judicial review (complaints) "by a small, >independent international tribunal" (instead of >California court) >- (Governmental) Oversight by a "G12" (geographically balanced) >http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/video/index_en.htm > >So, progress on multilateral oversight. Business >(and when I say business, I really mean the >business sector) as usual on other issues. IG >seems to be seen as a consumer issue only. > >Enjoy! >Meryem > >-- >Meryem Marzouki - http://www.iris.sgdg.org >IRIS - Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire >40 rue de la Justice - 75020 Paris > > >____________________________________________________________ >You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance(a)lists.cpsr.org >To be removed from the list, send any message to: > governance-unsubscribe(a)lists.cpsr.org > >For all list information and functions, see: > http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

1 0

Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten May 1, 2009

May 1, 2009

Total of 38 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri May 1 00:53:03 EDT 2009 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 18.42% | 7 | 16.32% | 52841 | derek at aa419.org 21.05% | 8 | 13.61% | 44073 | michele at blacknight.ie 2.63% | 1 | 25.06% | 81112 | patrick at vande-walle.eu 10.53% | 4 | 7.18% | 23235 | karl at cavebear.com 7.89% | 3 | 7.42% | 24009 | brenbe at consumer.org 5.26% | 2 | 3.72% | 12046 | icann-list at sorehands.com 5.26% | 2 | 3.61% | 11685 | evan at telly.org 5.26% | 2 | 3.47% | 11229 | johnl at iecc.com 5.26% | 2 | 3.29% | 10635 | dthompson at gov.nu.ca 2.63% | 1 | 5.58% | 18068 | langdonorr at gmail.com 2.63% | 1 | 2.08% | 6742 | franck.martin at gmail.com 2.63% | 1 | 1.84% | 5950 | dominik.filipp at dsoft.sk 2.63% | 1 | 1.79% | 5779 | heidi.ullrich at icann.org 2.63% | 1 | 1.77% | 5723 | bfausett at internet.law.pro 2.63% | 1 | 1.75% | 5662 | narten at us.ibm.com 2.63% | 1 | 1.52% | 4923 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 38 |100.00% | 323712 | Total

1 0