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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello Remo, Roberto and all,<br>
<br>
please excuse the perceived lack of explanation. I have personally
been to quite a few ICANN meetings, to IGF and (German language)
DomainPulse, and similar meetings for more than 10 years, so this
is the background of the observation I made. I really thought what
I wrote was quite clear, but apparently, judging from what you are
writing, this doesn't seem to be the case.<br>
<br>
The IANA Stewardship Transition has led to IANA administration
being de-politicized, and this, to me, is a big step in the wrong
direction.<br>
<br>
This year in February, large parts of our communitiy met in
Lausanne, Switzerland, for the annual DomainPulse conference. At
that meeting, Thomas Rickert, who is one of the most important
people working in the CCWG, described the IANA Stewardship
Transition in great detail, since most of it had been thoroughly
discussed and was basically agreed on, at the time. I don't think
there have been any major changes in recent months. Thomas made it
quite clear that what the CCWG had been creating, for ICANN, was a
model "United Nations" or a model "country", with all the basic
elements in place: Executive, legal and judicial branches. Checks
and balances were put in place, even the possibility for the ICANN
board to be forced to step down if they should abuse the power
bestowed upon them. However, what the CCWG did create was just a
"model" country, not the real thing.<br>
<br>
So basically, in my opinion, there is a lack of transparency, a
lack of democracy and a lack of accountability in this ICANN
multi-stakeholder modell, which is supposed to govern IANA in
future.<br>
<br>
Just consider what was there before, i.e. up to September 30th.
The DoC, i.e. NTIA, had all the power. What would have happened if
they had abused this power, for example, deleting a TLD from the
root? Something which never happened, of course, but it could have
happened. Well, in that case, diplomatic pressure could have been
put upon the US Government. For example, imagine the NTIA deleting
the .DE zone from the root. In that case, the American Ambassodor
to Germany could have been summoned to report to the German
Government, and Lawrence E. Strickling would certainly have had to
justify his actions. This is a huge amount of power that the
German Government, or any government affected, could have applied.<br>
<br>
Now imagine what would happen in future if ICANN decided to delete
any zone from the root. All that would remain to be done would be
sending a letter to Göran Marby, or to Steve Crocker. And then,
you would have to sit back and hope and pray that one of them will
answer the letter of complaint. There is no way any foreign
government, or indeed anyone who is not an American citizen, could
apply any direct power to Mr Marby or Mr Crocker. ICANN is a
private sector company incorporated in California. There is
nothing anyone can do about this.<br>
<br>
Therefore, October 1st, the IANA Stewardship Transition, was a
very sad day for the Internet we know and cherish.<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Eberhard Blocher
EAHP KG
P.O. Box 30 03 26
50773 Köln
Germany
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eahp.com">http://www.eahp.com</a>
Tel. +49-221-9139535
Fax +49-221-2711016
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Am 04.10.2016 11:39, schrieb Remo Hardeman:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:4056631475573946@web10h.yandex.ru" type="cite">Hello
All,
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<div>Hello Eberhard,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As in all discussions, please explain. In my humble Point of
view, I seriously doubt that a more democratic approach would be
harmful to "the rest of us"</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Remo Hardeman<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
03.10.2016, 20:19, "Roberto Gaetano"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com"><roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com></a>:<br>
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<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US">Hi Eberhard.</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US">You say:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">The new IANA Stewardship is good
news for all US citizens who "know", and bad news for
everybody else, mainly for those not being a US
citizen, all over the world</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US">Can you give a hint on why do you believe
that?</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US">In particular, being myself a non-US
citizens, I don’t understand how US Government
withdrawal from what was only the right of veto to
changes to the DNS Root will diminish my power and
rights.</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US">Cheers,</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US">Roberto</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"
lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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<p><b><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe
UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;">Da:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe
UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org">euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>
[mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org">euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>]
<b>Per conto di </b>Eberhard Blocher<br>
<b>Inviato:</b> domenica 2 ottobre 2016 07:09<br>
<b>A:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org">euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [EURO-Discuss] Announcement
on IANA Stewardship Transition (Rinalia Abdul
Rahim)</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;">October 1st marks a sad
day for the Internet. With IANA Stewardship
transitioning from the NTIA to the ICANN
multi-stakeholder community, the internet now is
less transparent, less democratic and less
accountable.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:18pt;">I</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;">N</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:18pt;"> CONGRESS, J</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;">ULY 4, 1776</span></b></p>
<p>it was declared<br>
<br>
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness. — That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed, — That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the People to
alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government (...)<br>
<br>
NTIA being part of the US Government, means,
following closely the US Declaration of
Independence, that if it had become destructive of
anything at all regarding the oversight of the IANA
functions, there would have been procedures,
established for 240 years, to alter or to abolish
it. <br>
<br>
Now, with the new multi-stakeholder model in place
for the oversight of the IANA function, all this has
been discarded. How long will it take for the rest
of the world to realize this? The new IANA
Stewardship is good news for all US citizens who
"know", and bad news for everybody else, mainly for
those not being a US citizen, all over the world.
</p>
<pre>Eberhard Blocher</pre>
<pre>EAHP KG</pre>
<pre>P.O. Box 30 03 26</pre>
<pre>50773 Köln</pre>
<pre>Germany</pre>
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