Re: [ALSC-Forum] The Aspen Institute and Internet Governance

[Jeff Williams]

Thomas and all stakeholders or interested parties,

  Thank  you Thomas for this Heads up.  Where exactly are comments
being excepted?  Please advise.

Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:

>   After concern was raised about a February 20 Aspen Institute meeting
> in D.C., I sent a "what's up" email to the Institute's Charlie
> Firestone. He responded that they'd had an informal brainstorming
> session on "reforming/restructuring ICANN" yesterday, and that a draft
> of "Rethinking Boundaries in Cyberspace," a report to be released
> mid-March,  was available at
> http://www.aspeninstitute.org/c&s/pdfs/rethinkcyberspace.pdf. Fact
> comments are being accepted.
>
> Tom Lowenhaupt
>
> > Dear Mr. Lowenhaupt,
> >
> > We did host an informal brainstorming meeting yesterday, Feb. 20, at
> the
> > Aspen Institute offices in Washington, under the leadership and
> moderation
> > of David Johnson, an adviser and consultant to the Communications
> and
> > Society Program.  He and a colleague are hoping to draft some
> options for
> > reform/restructuring of ICANN.  Due to the informality and
> preliminary
> > nature of this meeting, designed to develop staff work and planning
> for
> > a potentially larger project, it was not on our formal Aspen
> Institute
> > calendar.
> > We're hopeful that a constructive set of options will result, and
> advance
> > the ball
> > on this issue down the line.
> >
> > I do want to direct your attention, meanwhile, to an advance copy of
> a
> > report of a meeting of our Internet Policy Project held last summer
> in
> > Aspen.  The report, authored by Erez Kalir and Elliot Maxwell
> entitled
> > "Rethinking Boundaries in Cyberspace," will be released in print in
> > mid-March   We have posted the final draft at
> > <http://www.aspeninstitute.org/c&s/pdfs/rethinkcyberspace.pdf>
> > I appreciate your checking on the facts, and I particularly hope you
> and
> > your colleagues
> > find the work of Kalir and Maxwell helpful.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Charles Firestone
> > Executive Director
> > Communications and Society Program
> >
>
>
>

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