Annette Muehlberg ha scritto:
I actually hope, that we can come to an agreement to make it an ALAC/RALO statement. If not, the EURALO might want to support it
The statement, if I understand it correctly, seems to say that the JPA with the US Government should not be terminated, at least for the moment, and that ICANN should remain dependent from the USG. I understand the concerns that lead to this position, but I do not think that this is a position that the EURALO could support. I imagine that big US NGOs think that they can have some leverage in Washington if ICANN does something that they don't like, but we Europeans are not in the same position, so unless the JPA is substituted with something that gives to our governments the same degree of authority of the USG, I do not think that we should support the continuation of this kind of agreements - and even in that case, perhaps no governmental oversight at all, even with the risks of reduced accountability, could still be a better option. Ciao, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------