[chapter-delegates] FYI - in the coming discussion of the WGIG questionnaire

[Patrick Vande Walle]

Veni Markovski said the following  on 06/06/2005 16:42:

> Dear colleagues, the article seems quite relevant.
>
> I will do my best to come with some written paper on the WGIG
> questionnaire, but my primary work is related to contribution after
> the WGIG report is published. In the meantime, I think that Elliot
> Noss has done a good job in describing what ICANN is and what's this
> battle all about.
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5730589.html

Well, this is a mainstream article for the average USA Today reader.

First, there is the usual anti -UN rethoric. Mentioning Cuba, China,
Iran, etc to demonstrate that there is a danger for freedom of
expression is of course easy. If he were to mention that the US, Europe,
Japan, Australia and New Zealand are also part of this group, the
perceived danger would be much less, and he would not be able to make
his case.
Undemocratic governements do not need additional control on IP addresses
and domain names. They already do it today, often using equipment that
democratic countries sold them.

Suggesting that WSIS/WGIG wants to dismantle ICANN and is a danger for
the free Internet is plain FUD. Suggesting that ICANN need to be
preserved to save the free Internet is giving to ICANN powers it does
not have.

And although Elliott acknowledges that the ICANN/DoC MoU is a real
concern, he does not offer any answer to this. It is not coorect to
state that ICANN is not American because it holds its meetings outside
the US. ICANN is American because it runs under a contract with the US
governement.

I am not sure such biased FUD is serving ICANN at  all. This is not a
black and white world.

regs

Patrick Vande walle






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