[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement association resolution regarding domain registration data

[Sam Lanfranco]

While there is nothing wrong with understanding why any constituency 
with enough interest in ICANN’s work might want to submit comments, 
there are two things to remember here.

•    First, comments need to be assessed on their merit, independent of 
their source.

•    Second, there are thousands of such constituency groups out there. 
As awareness around IC issues grows ICANN will likely hear from more of 
them. ICANN’s multistakeholder processes would be on a very slippery 
slope if it discredited or dismissed them, independent of their 
comments, without serious due cause.

In Washington D.C. there are normally between 10 and 15 thousand 
registered lobbyists engaging the U.S. governance process. Those 
interests have the resources to hire lobbyists. There are additional 
hundreds of thousands who advocate on their own behalf, much as has been 
done by this association of Chiefs of Police.

Consider the number of advocate groups who will turn up with comments, 
and possible engagement in ICANN policy discussions, when the stakes of 
Internet Governance are better understood by more residents of the 
Internet ecosystem. How to accommodate that is the challenge at hand, 
not how to discredit or dismiss them.

Sam Lanfranco

-- ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to 
be rich and honoured in an unjust state" -Confucius 
邦有道，贫且贱焉，耻也。邦无道，富且贵焉，耻也 
------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof 
Emeritus & Senior Scholar) Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 
1P3 email: Lanfran at Yorku.ca Skype: slanfranco blog: 
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416-816-2852

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