Re: International Internet Commission

[Dr Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor@ncs.com.gh>]

Yes, it is a good idea to continue to keep the governments including
the UN out of this. It will slow down growth tremendously, especially
in the developing countries.  

Nii


pablo wrote:
> 
> Bob Allisat wrote:
> >
> >      Quoted from  <http://www.lglobal.com/~allisat/altRFC.html>
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> > >
> > >4.1 The Creation of the International Internet Commission
> > >
> > >  IANA is the organization currently holding the task of regulating
> > >  Top Level Domain Names. In days gone by a small, informal group
> > >  acting with the trust of a relatively small internet community could
> > >  handle most TDL business quite adequately. With the massive on rush of
> > >  global interest and participation this is no longer the case. IANA must
> > >  be dissolved and a much more public, democratic, UN Chartered organization
> > >  - the international Internet Commission - set up in it's place.
> > >
> > >  Within six months from the acceptance of this RFC IANA will be dis-
> > >  banded. Previous to that date an International Internet Commission
> > >  founding convention will be convened. This convention will occur
> > >  monthly til the turn-over. It's members will be drawn from UN member
> > >  governments, Internet businesses, Internet User Groups, Civil and
> > >  Human Rights organizations and interested others. All meetings will
> > >  be held in public and all documents wil be presented electronically
> > >  to everyone.
> > >
> > >  This convention will:
> > >
> > >  a) Write a constitution and bylaws pursuant to the
> > >     the UN Declaration on Human Rights entrenching
> > >     democratic due process, regular elections, terms
> > >     of office, conditions for recall and impeachment etc.
> > >
> > >  b) Eliminate all direct or hidden funding from national
> > >     governments or military and intelligence departments
> > >     thereof and  corporations or organizations except for
> > >     license fees to IIC for TLD holdings services. Ancilary
> > >     funding for the IIC through the UN will be arranged as
> > >     well
> > >
> > >  c) establish a central, global location outside the United
> > >     States in a nuetral, democratic nation. I suggest TORONTO.
> > >
> > >   4.1. Delegation
> > >
> > >      The International Internet Commission (IIC) will be responsible
> > >      for the overall coordination and management of the Domain Name
> > >      System (DNS), and especially the delegation of portions of the
> > >      name space called top-level domains. Most of these top-level
> > >      domains are two-letter country codes taken from the ISO standard
> > >      3166.
> > >
> 
> I dont know about the rest of you but the thought that to register a
> domain I would have to deal with a comission of the United Nations
> scares the living daylights out of me. Lets remember how this got
> started and why it has been a huge success. It was all because the
> governments were kept out of it and by the time they realized what was
> going on this took on a life of its own.
> > >      The International Internet Commission (IIC) will be responsible
> > >      for IP number allocation and other international regulatory
> > >      issues.
> > >
> > >      Internet Registries (IR) are selected and designated to handled
> > >      the bulk of the day-to-day administration of the Domain Name
> > >      System. Applications for new top-level domains are handled by
> > >      the Internet DNS Names Review Board (IDNB), a committee to be
> > >      established by the IIC.
> > >
> > >      The application process to create a new TLD is described in
> > >      another memo. The following policy applies to all TLDs.
> > >
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> 
> I don't know about the rest of you but having to deal with a commision
> of the United Nations scares the living daylight out of me. Let's take a
> step back and remenber why this experiment of the Internet has worked
> out so well. It because this had nothing to do with politicis or
> governments. Yes it started as a govement funded project but it was left
> to be until it grew to such a dimention that it had a life of its own.
> Do you think we could have gotten anything done if this would have
> started as a UN project!!!! I don't think so. When you involve the U.N.
> you involve politics and governments many times take positions that have
> no relevance to the issue at hand, many of these actions are purely
> intended to send signals. Do we want to be caught in the middle of these
> fights. I would suggest caution whe walking down this road.