[At-Large] Fwd: [governance] EC recommends a "G12" for IG

[Franck Martin]

An evolving GAC with more responsability is also a possibility, if you are ready to put resources into a G12, you can put the same resources into a better GAC. 

Nevertheless, I have reservation on the proposal, not for the composition of the G12 but for its role. An oversight group, is not a group that dives an organisation, or it seems this is what is proposed. This G12, should ensure ICANN fulfill its role, and that the decision process is left to the various stakeholders of ICANN, incuding GAC. 

If I may an analogy, ICANN stakeholders are the parliament, ICANN is the executive and the G12 should be the judiciary, fining ICANN when ICANN has not fullffilled the mandate set by its stakeholders. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Vande Walle" <patrick at vande-walle.eu> 
To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 6:57:20 PM GMT +12:00 New Zealand 
Subject: Re: [At-Large] Fwd: [governance] EC recommends a "G12" for IG 

On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:07:16 +1200 (MAGST), Franck Martin 
<franck.martin at gmail.com> wrote: 
> And what is wrong with the GAC? 

>From my personal perspective, the GAC lacks authority and, in a certain 
way, credibility. Depending how important ICANN is considered under the 
local political context, some governments will send senior officials. Some 
will send junior officials. Some come from the telecoms ministry, some from 
the economy ministry or foreign affairs, some from the telecom regulation 
authority. Some have a well defined political agenda, others only a tourism 
agenda. 

IMHO, the GAC crowd is too large and heterogeneous to come up with a 
clearly defined policy. At one stage, we need limited number of serious 
high level diplomats. Now, how they are chosen is a different matter. And a 
very scary one I do not wish to solve. 

Patrick 
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