RE: [ga] The news at the Lisbon meeting

["Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx>]

Danny,

thank you for your brief resume. The tendency to grant SO the right to
elect the board members would probably be the most interesting idea if
put into effect, however, I guess it's just another verbal cover-up to
calm down the situation brought about by the registerfly debacle.

I have also noticed some new ALAC branches have been opened (in Europe
and Africa, I guess), which, however, without the voting membership just
imitates the decision power of volunteers involved in ICANN matters.

It seems like there was not a big rush around the registerfly in terms
of ICANN's responsibility towards the injured customers as was expected,
was it? Overall I've got a feeling the debates were too calm and the
results just hazily general. But, maybe I'm wrong...

Anyway, the positive moment here is the board has officially conceded
the necessity of broader participation in deciding. Although the board
will surely be making up all possible excuses to avoid implementing this
in practice, it has already been enounced and it's something the wide
community can rely on as a sort of public promise.

Dominik


-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 8:27 PM
To: Dominik Filipp; Roberto Gaetano; Hugh Dierker
Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ga] The news at the Lisbon meeting

Hello Dominik,

I participated remotely, but the most important strategic paths
signalled by the PSC in my opinion
were:

(1) changing ICANN's legal status to that of an international
nongovernmental organization (structurally akin to the International Red
Cross)...
this does, however, raise accountability issues)
(2) hinting at granting Supporting Organizations the right to elect a
majority of the ICANN Board.
(3) a focus on contingency planning (even though their comments related
to the ENAM, such planning would probably call for the establishment of
both registry and registrar failover plans)

Personally, I think that the PSC is off-track with respect to capacity
building -- it strikes me as an activity more appropriate for ISOC and
the ITU than for ICANN.

Regards,
Danny

--- Dominik Filipp <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> after having scanned some transcripts from the Lisbon meeting, I would

> say the one of major importance regarding our effort presented here is

> the 'President's Strategy Committee Workshop'
> transcript at
>
http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon/transcript-psc-28mar07.htm.
> 
> Anyway, I would like someone having taken part at the meeting to 
> collect some additional (preliminary) ideas/results achieved or 
> addressed at the meeting to keep us better informed; namely, as 
> regards
> 
> - brader stakeholder participation
> - constituency reorganization
> - possible change of the voting model
> - domain tasting
> - overall policy & transparency improvement
> 
> Would you please Danny, Roberto (and some others) share your 
> impressions from the meeting with us?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dominik
> 
> 

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