[chapter-delegates] Re: [MemberPubPol] Surprise statement by U.S. government on ICANN and DNS

[ian.peter at ianpeter.com]

I'm writing on this subject here simply lest it be said that ISOC's membership
seems disinterested in indefinite continuance of US unilateral control of root
zone policy.

This member as well as most who have written here are concerned that the root
needs to be internationalised or globalised, whatever your choice of language.

WGIG will most likely present some possible models. An easy one would 
have been
GAC. But now we see a stated reluctance to discuss alternatives from USG.

I wrote elsewhere that this puts ICANN in a difficult position. Say nothing
about the particular subject of the root zone edit function (not vague
statements about the MOU), and the widely held global perception that ICANN is
a mere tool of USG policy will be reinforced.

The same applies to ISOC. Not to at least express disappointment at this
development would indicate that deference to the status quo is more important
to ISOC than internationalisation of the net. ISOC only needs to say that
"alternatives should be explored as the Internet grows" or something 
like that.

Saying nothing at this point of time is the worst option for both ISOC and the
Internet.





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Quoting Vittorio Bertola <vb at bertola.eu.org>:

> Il giorno gio, 30-06-2005 alle 23:41 -0400, Gene Gaines ha scritto:
>> Question. Is this a surprise to the people who were at WGIG?
>
> To me, it is. It is also a source of consistent disappointment, even if,
> as it often happens, this might just be a diplomatic move to "scare" the
> opposite side of the discussion and start the negotiations from a
> stronger position.
>
> But, as a European citizen, I think that, if the USG position remains
> like that in the long term, the European Union should set up an
> alternate root server system under its own control. Actually, I already
> know of a few friends who, after having read that document, have
> re-configured their BIND installations to only use the I and K root
> servers...
> --
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