[discuss] governments and rule of law (was: Possible approaches to solving...)

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Hi,

not to be forgotten: not always is the bottom-up advice clear and precise
enough for the ICANN Board to just approve.

It is not unusual to leave some tough decisions not made and "kicked
upwards" to the Board. There are many good reasons why this can happen and
on-one may be to blame; and occasionally there is a chance for creative
ambiguity or the intent to let the Board decide then cry foul.

This is not unique to ICANN. One day in maybe a decade or two, a list like
this will be discussing something new and may find to great surprise that
they had more good lessons than bad to learn from the ICANN experience. But
then, they would have had to stick to the Reality Principle, as espoused
among other documents in the recent report by the Strategy Panel on ICANN's
Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem (full disclosures: a. I am a
member of the Panel, b. you didn't need us to invoke the Reality Principle;
guy called Sigmund.)

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:36 PM, David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:

>
> On 26 Feb 2014, at 7:47 pm, Peter Dengate Thrush <
> barrister at chambers.gen.nz> wrote:
> > In operational terms, if its possible to alert the GAC early to policy
> developments, and keep them posted about what is going on, and for the GAC
> to develop its own positions earlier, and share them with the MS policy
> development process, thats all much to the good. That should shorten lead
> times and reduce surprises and ambush.
>
>         I want to reassure those that GAC-GNSO efforts that I referred to
> earlier are of this nature. We have discussed the working methods of the
> two bodies, and the need for them to be more aware of the others processes
> etc. We've discussed, for example, that if the GAC early on in the GNSO
> process would identify areas that it feels have public policy
> considerations, that would be helpful to both. And fairly mundane issues,
> like ensuring that the GAC knows what working groups are actively working
> on policy within the GNSO, and what stage they are at, and letting the GNSO
> know who the GAC topic leads are, so they know who to talk to about an
> issue. But discussion has been very much in terms of coordinating the two
> separate processes of the two bodies, with acknowledgement that there will
> be times when the two disagree (and that perhaps simply throwing all areas
> of disagreement to the board to sort out is perhaps not the best process).
>
> > Further, ICANN is much stronger institutionally and procedurally than it
> was in 1999. It is likely to be better able to consider the GAC engaging in
> a wider context
>
>         While I was not around in 1999, I agree that ICANN seems now
> strong enough to deal with GAC engagement in a wider context.
>
> > All I would counsel is that the vast disparity of bargaining power be
> kept constantly in mind, and that not all members of the community can now
> be assumed to hold dear the same "Internet values" that have so well served
> the Internet and its institutions so far.
> >
> > I disagree with Milton that the solution is to disarm the GAC. I say
> again that the better approach is to strengthen the board, and related
> process, and to be able to hold the board accountable.
> > Delay as a tactic can be dealt with by requiring that GAC advice should
> be given and processed according to a strict timetable, with the default
> favouring the advice being rejected. (The opposite of the current position
> over .Amazon and .spa).
> >
> > A board that abandons an MS-made policy without compelling reasons
> should be subject to recall. Knowing that the board was to be held
> accountable like that would help it in its negotiations with the GAC.
>
>         A good suggestion.
>         And it has been my experience that the existing accountabiiiy
> procedures are not great for this specific purpose.
>
>         Regards
>
>                 David
>
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