[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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