[kictanet] New role for ICANN's GAC?

[McTim]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> Thought provoking article Alice. Thanks for sharing.
>
> It seems to me that everywhere we look the Multi-stakeholder process of
> Internet governance is under attack. The article seems to suggest ( I hope
> not true) that the GAC has now morphed into a sort of Command &Control
> Mechanism within the ICANN ecosystem. Is this true?


Some in the GAC would like this to be the case.  Even some of the
local GAC folks.


>
> How can the different players in the Internet Ecosystem ensure that we
> continue to have an even playing field between governments and non
> government players?

The African Network Information Centre has a Governmental Working
Group, but it has zero policy making authority.  Instead, government
folks participate in policy making with all having an equal
voice...it's "multi-equal stakeholderism"  That is one concrete
example.

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Cheers,

McTim
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