Roberto Gaetano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This whole fandango started from the continuous attempt to provide the > perfect answer to the wrong question. The initial need was the expansion of > the Domain Name Space and the transition to a competitive environment for > the domain name registration business. Then new items were added to the > agenda, the need to fix something that was working (IANA) was put forward, > the US Government first participated to an effort (IAHC) then changed mind > (Why? Of course, this has nothing to do with lobbying?), and the initial > question remains still unanswered. > In the meantime, we are trying to give a solution to something that was not > a problem a couple of years ago, i.e. to define a perfect body that will > handle in a perfect way all Internet Governance issues. And, of course, > until this body is not perfect, no decision will be taken on anything else. > I confess that, when I was a school student, I liked this approach. > I was very perfectionist, and when I had some schoolwork to do, I was often > restarting from scratch, throwing away all what I did before and looking for > the perfect solution. Then, after having given back to the teacher several > times blank sheets at the end of the allowed time (and having earned bad > notes), I changed my attitude, and preferred to give partial answers in due > time that no answer at all. > So I got my degree. To stay in the exam metaphor: when one fails at an exam the first time and makes the same mistakes the second time, one shouldn't expect to pass. Both the issues of introducing competition and the issue of regulation and accountability are important. The IAHC recognized that when it decided that just giving TLDs to wannabe competitors is not good enough. The IAHC/MoU tried to put together a framework for regulation and accountability, but it failed. The ICANN will have to do better. But it isn't doing better. And that is the danger of what is going on. Too many promises are broken. Too many people have legitimate reasons to feel left out. Regards, -- Onno Hovers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
