[kictanet] New role for ICANN's GAC?

[ICT Researcher]

McTim,

Where "local GAC folks" means your native US? or Africa? or where?



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 From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
To: ict.researcher at yahoo.com 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] New role for ICANN's GAC?
 

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.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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