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<p><font face="Verdana">As a branch of global governance, (1) ICANN
should minimize its expenditure in carrying out its necessary
global governance functions (managing DNS etc), (2) stick
strictly to the mandated function and nothing more, and (3)
deposit all the additional revenues that it raises to general
global governance funds, which would be the UN general fund, as
any branch of a gov will do. Sometimes the logical, rightful and
just solution is simpler and ore straightforward than one
thinks...</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">parminder </font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Sunday 14 May 2017 12:58 AM, Alan
Greenberg wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:61655027-c91c-4960-911a-32b4763d241f@EXHUB2010-3.campus.MCGILL.CA"
type="cite">
I doubt that the CCWG will create a specific carve-out for IGF
funding at
this stage, And I would hope it will not prohibit such
applications.<br>
<br>
To what extent funding either the global or regional IGFs is
within
ICANN's mission and scope is something that has already and I
presume
will continue to be debated.<br>
<br>
For those who have an interest in the subject and have not already
done
so, I found that listening to the Board session on the ICANN
support and
funding of IGFs at the recent Board Workshop was really good use
of an
hour -
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<br>
Alan<br>
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At 12/05/2017 06:59 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">​Oh and before
anyone replies
on procedure:<br>
<br>
I am fully aware that this stage of the WG is dealing with broad
criteria
and not specific recipients.​<br>
<br>
But in the world of Internet Governance, the IGF is in a
category of its
own and IMO it is reasonable to discuss its inclusion at a
structural
level at this point.<br>
<br>
On 12 May 2017 at 18:55, Evan Leibovitch
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:evan@telly.org">evan@telly.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
<dl>
<dd>I'm not sure that there's really a disagreement between
Ken and
John.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Informing the world of the function of the DNS -- and of
ICANN's
crucial role in that piece of infrastructure -- is both
within scope and
of high value. There are ways that this can be deployed in
ways that
don't constitute vanity and self-aggrandizing.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>---<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Personally I'm a little surprised and disappointed by the
fact nobody
in this list, especially my civil society colleagues, are
advocating use
of auction proceeds to seed an ongoing endowment for the
IGF. There are
many important parts of Internet governance, but ICANN is
the only one of
them that attracts so much money and
speculative/entrepreneurial
behavior. ICANN could almost overnight render itself one of
the global
heroes of the Internet ecosystem if it provided ongoing
support of other
related bits such that the IGF could maintain vitality and
independence.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Furthermore, it is in ICANN's selfish best interest to
promote
multi-stakeholderism throughout the universe of IG. If
government
multilateral activity can successfully encroach on the
ecosystem due to
weakness/failure of the IGF, then ICANN will surely be a
target
next.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Just a thought. If ALAC got behind this and the idea
gained broad
support, ICANN will find a way to define such action to be
within
scope.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>(Disclosure: I have never even attended an IGF, so I am
hardly acting
in a self-serving manner in proposing this endowment. One
doesn't have to
be in the IGF to see its value.)<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
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<dd><font color="#888888">- Evan<br>
<br>
</font>
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<br>
-- <br>
Evan Leibovitch<br>
Toronto, Canada<br>
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<dd>Em: evan at telly dot org<br>
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<dd>Sk: evanleibovitch<br>
</dd>
<dd>Tw: el56<br>
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