McTim, Where "local GAC folks" means your native US? or Africa? or where? ________________________________ From: McTim <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] New role for ICANN's GAC? On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Ali Hussein <[email protected]> wrote:
Thought provoking article Alice. Thanks for sharing.
It seems to me that everywhere we look the Multi-stakeholder process of Internet governance is under attack. The article seems to suggest ( I hope not true) that the GAC has now morphed into a sort of Command &Control Mechanism within the ICANN ecosystem. Is this true?
Some in the GAC would like this to be the case. Even some of the local GAC folks.
How can the different players in the Internet Ecosystem ensure that we continue to have an even playing field between governments and non government players?
The African Network Information Centre has a Governmental Working Group, but it has zero policy making authority. Instead, government folks participate in policy making with all having an equal voice...it's "multi-equal stakeholderism" That is one concrete example. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ict.researcher%40yahoo... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.