[ALAC] Fwd: [SOAC-Leaders] Informed and Active Domain Name Registrants are Essential for a Secure and Stable DNS - ICANN by Akram Atallah

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Thu Jun 22 16:18:22 UTC 2017


...shoulda read thru......

Rightly so, Evan has ID'd the several interlocking [philosophical] issues
and arguments. He's been a consistent voice firing at - took some incoming
too! - these for years.

We see here a small hopeful development. Maybe there's a real opportunity
to corral the others. So saddle up Evan.

CAS


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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> Throughout all of our work, we endeavor to serve the global public
>> interest, domain name registrants and end-users
>
>
>
> Services for registrants are an important baby step, as ICANN may have
> finally woken up -- after how many years? -- to the fact that it is
> registrants, not registrars or registries, that are the source of both its
> finances and legitimacy. Time will tell if these are just platitudes or
> lead-ups to real action.
>
> Just wake me up when such attention extends to end users -- for instance,
> when PICs are taken seriously, involve impacted communities and evoke real
> penalty if contravened. Or when watchdogs such as Garth indicate that
> domain abuse is indeed under control. Or when the established industry is
> prevented from impeding real community and global-south participation in
> top-level domains. Or when domain speculation, that impedes innovation and
> needlessly extracts value from the Internet ecosystem, is confronted.
>
> Based on many personal conversations I can confirm that trust is at an
> all-time low outside the bubble, and this is a factor in why the TLD
> expansion is sputtering so badly (while, of course, further expansion is
> contemplated). Then again, the trend has been unfortunately too
> predictable, as those of us who opposed ICANN's path to date have witnessed.
>
> ICANN has dug itself an extremely deep hole. I welcome these first few
> shovel-fuls of dirt, but it's a long way back to solid ground. Education
> programs alone will not suffice, ESPECIALLY if such programs are seen as
> justification rather than explanation.
>
> Those of us with some history here can easily recall the same
> hope-and-change sentiments expressed during previous regime changes. I
> genuinely hope, for ICANN's sake, that history does not repeat.
>
> Specifically, I await the pronouncement that ICANN will freeze all
> existing work on (and financing of) subsequent rounds of TLDs until
> existing issues with registrants and end-users are addressed. At very
> least, a Charter of Registrant Rights -- a concept older than my tenure
> within ICANN -- needs to be asserted for this claimed change of direction
> to be taken seriously.
>
> Let's see if -- this time, for once -- the good words turn to action.
>
> Cheers,
> Evan
>
>
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