[EURO-Discuss] Comment on Stakeholder Charters by Cheryl Langdon-Orr ALAC Chair 2007-2009
William Drake
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
Fri Jul 24 12:23:07 CDT 2009
Hi,
As a member of both the NCUC and Euralo/ALAC environments, I must say
I was a little puzzled by this statement in the public comment period
on the NCSG charter. http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00067.html
The statement begins by noting that "This is not a formal or ratified
statement or comment per se but rather a synopsis of those previously
provided in various fora to date" (lots of writing like that, a bit
hard to read, but whatever...). I don't recall the previous
discussions on Euralo or other ALAC-related lists that are being
synopsized in which people endorsed a narrowly constituency-based
model for the NCSG, which will result in fragmentation,
politicization, and ineffectiveness. To the contrary, my
recollection, which is refreshed by Cheryl's comment, is that ALAC
people actually rejected the CP80 proposal, which embodied such a
model. And yet the new SIC/staff version embodies pretty much the
same model, and now it is apparently ok and to be supported!
I'm sure the SIC/staff will be pleased to have at least one reliable
expression of support for the dysfunctional model that has been
rejected by hundreds of individuals and organizations over two public
comment periods. http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-
charters and http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters. And
of course, everyone's entitled to their own opinion and bits of self-
aggrandizing historical revisionism. What I'm unable to figure out is
whether that opinion is widely shared among the people whose views
purportedly are being synopsized, and when and where this support was
expressed. Did I just miss the memo? Can anyone explain?
Would be really interested to hear from Adam, Patrick, Sebastian and
others who are more well attuned to the internal dynamics of ALAC
discourse and decision making....
Thanks,
Bill
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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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