Re: [ga] Understanding the ICANN Process
From John Q. Public's point of view - ICANN equals a scam. But while the scam continues thereis serious technical error to infrastructure that need to be immediately addressed by ICANN. These are technical fractures in the internet name space. ICANN knows these fractures exists - at one secret level or another, root operators know, and the fractures continue. MII (Chine), INAIC, UnifiedRoot, Government of Turkey, Arab Root Consortium etc. etc. etc. regards joe baptista Danny Younger wrote: ICANNist: Welcome to ICANN LA. What brings you to this session?John Q. Public: I've got a domain name issue and I'd like to find out who my representative is... ICANNist: I suppose we could introduce you to the ALAC -- they're a committee that discusses the user interest. John Q. Public: Great! ...but are these the people that represent me, that have directors on the board? ICANNist: Uh, not exactly. The ALAC doesn't have any policy-setting authority, and ICANN no longer has any at-large board directors... but you can still participate. John Q. Public: Screw that. I'm here to speak to my representative, and if they don't represent me, then I'm not interested in this ALAC. So who represents me? ICANNist: ummm, I guess you don't work for an ISP, a registry or a registrar... John Q. Public: Nope, I'm just an ordinary guy that wants to find his representative. ICANNist: Are you perhaps a business, or a non-commercial organization, or maybe an intellectual property attorney? John Q. Public: No, I'm just an average individual that needs help. So who's my representative? ICANNist: Unfortunately ICANN doesn't have a constituency for registrants, but you can speak to the Nominating Committee appointees to the GNSO. John Q. Public: ...and who are they? ICANNist: They are members of the ICANN community with the highest integrity and capability who place the public interest ahead of any particular special interests. John Q. Public: Good. Now we're really getting somewhere. So show me their website. ICANNist: Uhhh, they don't have a website. John Q. Public: That's weird... is it because they're new to the process? ICANNist: Actually they've been around for five years. John Q. Public: Then at the very least they must have some type of formal intake channel... where's their Public Forum at? ICANNist: The NonCom Appointees don't maintain a forum either... John Q. Public: Then what about an interactive discussion list, or monthly teleconferences? ICANNist: No... they don't have any of that either. John Q. Public: ...and you said something about these people having the highest capabilities??? How are we supposed to get in touch with them? When and where do they meet as a group? ICANNist: They don't exactly meet as a group... John Q. Public: ...so what you're basically saying is... ICANNist: You're not what ICANN considers to be a stakeholder... you have no real representative in the process... but you can always complain to the Ombudsman. John Q. Public: Wonderful... and what will he do? ICANNist: as the Ombudsman doesn't have the power to make, change or set aside any policy or Board decision, he'll probably just "investigate" your complaint. John Q. Public: ... and that will result in... ICANNist: nothing ...but at least you'll get to cool down while he investigates, and he will likely encourage you to work out the situation with the registrar. John Q. Public: yeah, work with my registrar who will continue to do nothing on my behalf. Doesn't ICANN anywhere have a Customer Complaint Resolutionmechanism?!!ICANNist: No. It doesn't... but thanks for visiting ICANN. We'll look forward to your continued input.
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Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org
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