<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>McTim,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Where "</span>local GAC folks" means your native US? or Africa? or where?<br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ict.researcher@yahoo.com <br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:42 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] New role for ICANN's GAC?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Ali Hussein <<a ymailto="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br>> Thought provoking article Alice. Thanks for sharing.<br>><br>> It seems to me that everywhere we look the Multi-stakeholder process of<br>> Internet governance is under attack. The article seems to suggest ( I hope<br>> not true) that the GAC has now morphed into a sort of Command &Control<br>> Mechanism within the ICANN ecosystem. Is this true?<br><br><br>Some in the GAC would like this to be the case. Even some of
the<br>local GAC folks.<br><br><br>><br>> How can the different players in the Internet Ecosystem ensure that we<br>> continue to have an even playing field between governments and non<br>> government players?<br><br>The African Network Information Centre has a Governmental Working<br>Group, but it has zero policy making authority. Instead, government<br>folks participate in policy making with all having an equal<br>voice...it's "multi-equal stakeholderism" That is one concrete<br>example.<br><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet"
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