Fwd: Re: [ALSC-Forum] Dyson: "Participation is bigger than voting" - SPecial attention Esther Dyson

[Esther Dyson]

ANthony, could you please make the following change just to make things 
perfectly clear? Thanks!

"There is a need for good global governance of ICANN, but I for one...."

to

"There is a need for good global governance *of* ICANN, not *by* ICANN, but 
I for one...."


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>SPecial attention Esther Dyson
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>Mikael and all stakeholders or interested parties (special attention Esther
>Dyson),
>
>   The most interesting answer in this "Interview" with Esther was the
>following:
>
>"I have to argue vigorously against all the rhetoric about global democracy
>and the like. There is a need for good global governance of ICANN, but I for
>one am scared about the notion of any kind of global organization “governing”
>anything other than some small, tightly defined resources….such as the
>technical infrastructure of the Internet ­ not the content on it, not the
>behavior of the individuals who use it, not the business practices (other than
>DNS contracts) of the people who buy and sell and advertise on it."
>
>   I found several "Caveats" in this "Answer" quite 
> concerning.  Basically, she
>is
>double talking in this answer if you read it carefully.  "Governing" of the
>Internet
>is essentially the "Technical infrastructure or the Internet" and "business
>practices including the DNS contracts".  In other words she is advocating that
>
>ICANN should be a governance body ot the essential aspects of the Internet,
>namely the *Technical Infrastructure including the DNS*.
>
>   We take a different view Esther, as does the White Paper and the MoU.
>That being that the stakehloders, part of not part of ICANN, are the
>*Governers* of the *Technical Infrastructure including the DNS*.
>
>   I hope that this distinction and it's ramifications are clear to all here,
>as it will and currently does to some significant extent, effect each and
>every one of you and will do so long into the future...
>
>
>Mikael Pawlo wrote:
>
> > OpenDemocracy ran a so called openInterview with Esther Dyson in Issue 3.
> > Now Dyson replies to questions posed by readers such as Karl Auerbach.
> > Dyson is "fresh from two days with the At-large Study Committee" which
> > makes things interesting.
> >
> > Read Dyson's replies:
> > http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=12&DocID=556
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mikael Pawlo
> >
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>
>Regards,
>
>--
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