Dear Maureen,

yes, of course one could always re-design the World from scratch. But that's something that might take a lifetime. In the meantime, even the "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" is losing its lustre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Declaration_of_the_Independence_of_Cyberspace

Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 09/04/2016 22:18, Maureen Hilyard wrote:
Olivier, 

I got from Thomas's email that he proposes that we go outside of current norms and create a multistakeholder treaty model that incorporates all our stakeholder groups. Of course it doesn't exist now but we are in a transition phase so perhaps its timely.

Maureen

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> wrote:
Dear Thomas,

On 09/04/2016 20:51, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but isn't Parminder's thought
> bottom-up, and in-line with the multi-stakeholder concept? (And I see
> some merit in his concerns about gTLD governance.)

The Treaty Model which Parminder argues for requires signature from UN
Member States.
http://www.un.org/en/member-states/

Where is Civil Society?
Where are End Users?
Where are the Technical & Academic Communities?
Where is the Private Sector?

Kindest regards,

Olivier
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