Re Internet Society congratulates global Internet community on successful IANA stewardship transition.

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: *Hendricks Dewayne* <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Internet Society congratulates global Internet
community on successful IANA stewardship transition.
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[Note:  This comment comes from friend Dave Burstein.  DLH]

*From: *Dave Burstein <daveb () dslprime com
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*Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] Internet Society congratulates global Internet
community on successful IANA stewardship transition.*
*Date: *October 1, 2016 at 11:51:30 AM PDT
*To: *dewayne () warpspeed com
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* global Internet community*

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Unfortunately, this isn't true.

I support the transition but I also am aware of the limitations of ICANN
that are generally ignored.

The *global* Internet community is not represented in ICANN in a meaningful
form. The Board and the staff they appoint make essentially all the
decisions. ICANN is a model of community participation in discussion, a
good thing. But a close look at the detailed process shows the community
neither makes decisions or chooses those who do. An early process of
elected members was shut down.

*One-third of the Internet - China - is not represented.* According to
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadi, they could not be represented while NTIA had
control.

In addition, all the board members are European, American, or closely in
sympathy.  (I have traced the ties of the handful from the global South.)
The strong majority of Internet users are *not* in the countries well
represented in ICANN. The gap is growing rapidly. Around late next year,
Africans with 3G and 4G Internet connections will pass 320M, the U.S.
population. The 4G revolution in India will very quickly add 200M more.
China is already over 600M, as well as 270M with landline broadband, about
as many as the U.S. and Western Europe combined. About 2/3rds of the
world's Internet users have minimal representation in ICANN.

I take the position that effective Internet governance is impossible with
half the Internet users excluded. I am not blind to the authoritarian
nature of China and other regimes, but they are part of the world. It's
time for a "Nixon goes to China" moment.
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Unfortunately, the board is essentially self-perpetuating. Unless the board
members choose to change things, ICANN does not represent the global
Internet community.

Internet Society congratulates global Internet community on successful IANA
stewardship transition.
Oct 1 2016
https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-
congratulates-global-internet-community-successful-iana-
stewardship-transition



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