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

[Sophia B]

Amen!
very well on point!
Sophia

On 5/4/09, Patrick Vande Walle <patrick at vande-walle.eu> wrote:
>
> 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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