Re: [council] Postcards from the EC

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

I agree this is a development we should all be watching with care.

I think it would be a good idea if I put your last question to Heather and 
found out if the GAC are up for more interfacing with us. Thoughts?

Stéphane



Le 6 sept. 2011 à 11:51, William Drake a écrit :

> Hi
> 
> In the event anyone was puzzled by EC Commissioner de Graaf's pronouncement 
> in Singapore that we were all engaged in "a discussion between the deaf and 
> the stupid" and has not already seen this, thanks to Kieren we now know what 
> hearing and smart looks like.  
> 
> http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/08/31/ec-greater-government-control
> 
> http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/9/4/4893009.html
> 
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/print/20110905_icanns_unelected_crisis/
> 
> The Commission's six “informal background papers” envision a future in which 
> the bylaws change to make GAC advice pretty much mandatory, there are various 
> changes to the IANA contract including NTIA's proposal on 'consensus & public 
> interest', and governments can easily kill new gTLDs, create a reference list 
> of censored terms, and on and on...all to begin being discussed in Dakar.
> 
> BTW has there been any further consideration of the ideas floated in SF 
> concerning Council/GAC interfacing etc?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
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