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[ NNSquad ] Joly MacFie (ISOC-NY): Milton Mueller on Chehadi "Bonapartism"
Without addressing Joly's specific points or the linked article referenced below, I believe it is fair to say that perceived shortcomings in ICANN's decision-making process (of late, in particular, especially regarding their massive gTLD expansion scheme and associated conflicts of interest) clearly has provided ammunition to players who would very much like to see the more radical aspects of awful ITU-related proposals put into force. I have long urged that we work to create new, purpose-built multi-stakeholder frameworks better serving the entire Internet community than ICANN has shown itself capable of doing recently. These suggestions have been resisted largely using the "devil we know is better than the devil we don't know" argument. Well, say hi to the ITU. As we sow so shall we reap. --Lauren-- ----- Forwarded message from Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> ----- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 05:42:13 -0500 From: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> Subject: Milton Mueller on Chehadi "Bonapartism" Reply-To: joly@punkcast.com http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/12/01/three-little-icann-atrocities-that-make-the-itu-look-good-by-comparison/ The worst part of this is that ICANN's new CEO seems utterly clueless as to why global governance institutions should not behave in this way. Chehadi does not seem to understand that neither ICANN the corporation nor its CEO is a policy maker or 'decider;' ICANN the corporation is supposed to be a vehicle for convening a *global community* to make policies, using structured and balanced forms of representation and a fixed, fair process. By discarding process and improvising, Chehadi probably thinks he is a hero riding to the rescue to cut through problems blocking implementation; in fact, he is just pioneering a new form of Bonapartism. We don't need guys on white horses with grand delusions that they can solve the problems of democracy with a coup. This has dangerous implications for the future, given ICANN's lack of structural accountability. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- End forwarded message ----- --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad