[Chapter-delegates] A workable, gTLDs process, now

[Christopher Wilkinson]

+1

CW


On 24 Feb 2011, at 01:28, Fred Baker wrote:

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> On Feb 23, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Franck Martin wrote:
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>> What do you think of GAC having veto power?
>
> The question is how it would be used. We have seen "vetoes" in  
> several countries surrounding the Mediterranean recently. If the  
> effect of a GAC veto disadvantages fair and open trade and exchange  
> of information, the effect is demonstrably to disadvantage the  
> countries that impose it. If the effect is to prevent a bad decision  
> on ICANN's part, that's something different.
>
> Personally, I would hope that the GAC could be part of the ICANN  
> process, respected and listened to, but not empowered beyond civil  
> society. The events that we have seen recently say that if  
> government gets in the way of its citizens, in the end the citizens  
> change the government. The only real question is how long it takes  
> and how much pain is involved.