[CCWG-ACCT] The Internet's design and ICANN responsibility (was Re: GPI)
Bruce Tonkin
Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au
Tue Jan 5 20:34:11 UTC 2016
I personally agree also.
Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
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Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] The Internet's design and ICANN responsibility (was Re: GPI)
At 04:19 PM 1/2/2016, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>Hi,
>
>SNIP
>So, I don't think "the global public interest", whatever that means,
>does anything to help us to understand what ICANN should do. ICANN
>should pay attention to its well-understood and needed functions. It
>should not go adventuring out into global governance issues that
>distract from that narrow set of responsibilities. And it should not
>embrace language that distracts from the narrow responsibilities --
>lest such language become an attractive nuisance that encourages people
>to think ICANN has power it never has had and (given the design of the
>Internet) can't get.
+1
Very well put.
David
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