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Some years ago I made a presentation to a local community planning
board about the .nyc TLD, concluding with a request that the board
approve a resolution recommending that the city move ahead with an
acquisition process.<br>
<br>
One the board members commented, "We can't vote on this until we
hear what the Borough President wants us to do." Now the purpose of
the community boards was to provide the Borough President, City
Council, and Mayor with bottom-up guidance on those things of
interest - or not - to local residents. That was their role. That's
why the boards existed. <br>
<br>
If we look closely into the root governance question, and after due
consideration the At-Large decides that some newfangled treaty
organization should be created, and the recommendation is rejected,
or ignored, or even scoffed at, by the majority, we'll have
fulfilled our duty. Alternately, the At-Large might conclude that
it's not an appropriate approach. Or it might succeed.<br>
<br>
That said, I realize that after the Herculean task of dealing with
the IANA question there might be reluctance to take on another.
Especially one that seems, at first look, to be quite challenging .
But I think we should give a hard look at the merits and then decide
if we should take it on. Let's not make our decisions based on
likelihood of success. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/9/2016 5:52 PM, Alan Greenberg
wrote:<br>
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So, as I understand things, we want to convince the governments of
the
world to enter into a new treaty where there does not seem to be a
huge
amount of current interest. But not a regular treaty, but one in
which
governments sign onto it, but cede much of their power to civil
society,
academics, the technical community and business. Oh yes, and End
Users, a
rather undefined term in their context.<br>
<br>
I'm really good at putting large efforts into difficult projects,
because
there is merit in their success, but this one sounds just a bit
(ok, a
lot) too "iffy" for my comfort.<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
<br>
At 09/04/2016 04:18 PM, Maureen Hilyard wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Olivier, <br>
<br>
I got from Thomas's email that he proposes that we go outside of
current
norms and create a multistakeholder treaty model that
incorporates all
our stakeholder groups. Of course it doesn't exist now but we
are in a
transition phase so perhaps its timely.<br>
<br>
Maureen<br>
<br>
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<dd>Dear Thomas,<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>On 09/04/2016 20:51, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:<br>
</dd>
<dd>><br>
</dd>
<dd>> Perhaps I'm missing something, but isn't Parminder's
thought<br>
</dd>
<dd>> bottom-up, and in-line with the multi-stakeholder
concept? (And
I see<br>
</dd>
<dd>> some merit in his concerns about gTLD governance.)<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>The Treaty Model which Parminder argues for requires
signature from
UN<br>
</dd>
<dd>Member States.<br>
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<dd><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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http://www.un.org/en/member-states/</a><br>
<br>
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<dd>Where is Civil Society?<br>
</dd>
<dd>Where are End Users?<br>
</dd>
<dd>Where are the Technical & Academic Communities?<br>
</dd>
<dd>Where is the Private Sector?<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Olivier<br>
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