I'm
re-nominating Jonathan Zittrain (bio here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/bio_jzittrain)
for the ad hoc position of Special Adviser to the ALAC on Internet Governance
Policy, as I did in the month or so before the Los Angeles meeting.
The reason
I am proposing this is because I think the ALAC would find it valuable to
consult an external expert on matters of formulating policy, in keeping with the
ALAC's mission to represent the user community. I met Jonathan three years ago
at a seminar at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center, and from there, we went on
to work together in creating the StopBadware.org project (http://www.stopbadware.org). He has some
great insight into the "big picture" of the Web and its future, and where the
various component parts, such as ICANN, WSIS, WIPO, etc., etc., should fit,
don't fit, do fit, need retrofitting, etc.
Specifically, from his biography, I think the following
paragraph helps spell it out: "Zittrain's research includes digital property, privacy, and
speech, and the role played by private "middlepeople" in Internet architecture.
He has a strong interest in creative, useful, and unobtrusive ways to deploy
technology in the classroom." He's also got a
brilliant mind, is never boring, and seems genuinely interested in the future of
the Internet becoming something close to Vint Cerf's vision for what it
should be.
The most
critical advisory role I would see Jonathan playing is: Helping us set
priorities with our mission and constituency of end-users in mind.
I have spoken to Jonathan ahead of
time about greater involvement in ICANN matters, of course, and he said he
would be interested.
Another alternative to
consider: should the ALAC choose to follow the auditors' recommendation on page
46 of the recent Independent Review of the ICANN Nominating Committee, "We
recommend that the ALAC appoint two policy board Directors, using whatever
mechanism it considers to be appropriate," then I would propose Jonathan be
elected to serve in one of these two slots.
Well just so you all know, I
totally support the concept of ALAC and the RALO’s usefully accessing a
distributed network of talented and experienced experts in a number of fields
including this suggestion.
CLO
From:
Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com]
Sent: Tuesday,
6 November 2007 2:47 AM
To: 'Brendler, Beau'
Cc:
cheryl@hovtek.com.au
Subject: RE: Special Adviser on Internet
Governance Policy
Cool
I’m copying Cheryl so
she knows and can handle this. However the ALAC wants to manage
it.
JAM
From:
Brendler, Beau [mailto:Brenbe@consumer.org]
Sent: Monday, November
05, 2007 11:38
To: jam@jacquelinemorris.com
Subject: RE:
Special Adviser on Internet Governance Policy
I was hoping that
there would be some movement by the ALAC on the recommendation within the NomCom
review to name two policy leaders. Since that didn't happen, I'll just
re-propose Jonathan with some more detail as you suggested in your e-mail a
couple of weeks ago, and we'll see where it goes.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Jacqueline A. Morris
[mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007
4:37 PM
To: Brendler, Beau
Subject: Special Adviser on
Internet Governance Policy
Hi Beau
What did you decide to do about the
proposal for this? Trying to tie up all my loose
ends…
JAM
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