Jim and all,
Jim Dixon wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Greg Skinner wrote:
>
> > What I'm suggesting is that despite the fact that ICANN may have
> > unclear origins, people are willing to go along with it because they
> > believe it can work. So in a sense ICANN's legitimacy stems from the
> > trust that people have placed in it.
>
> Sure, ICANN can work, in that, yes, it is theoretically possible to create
> a corporation and transfer IANA's functions to it. In fact, the practical
> reality is that if we drop ICANN then we are taking a giant step backwards.
> It would delay things for at least a year.
Not necessarily Jim. Respectfully, we disagree with you here to the
extent that another group can pick up where the ICANN left off and
undo several mistakes and problems that the current ICANN "Initial"
and Interim Board has created if well financed and they are folks
that have a deep and broad understanding of the current internet
situation, as we believe should have been done in the first place.
I personally think if you think about this a moment you would likely
see our point here.
>
>
> The other practical reality is that, yes, ICANN's legitimacy derives
> from trust -- BUT it doesn't have that trust from the Internet community.
How true! And this can be laid squarely at the feet of primarily three
of the ICANN's staff and BoD members, namely Mike Roberts,
Esther Dyson, and Joe Simms.
As a side note here, according to Gordon Cook, Mike Roberts
either was a USN Captain or is a reserve (USNR) Captain. If so
as a retired USMCR Col. I for one would like to say directly
to Mike Roberts, you sir, are a disgrace to the Navy and the
uniform you either once wore, or do so on occasion!!!
>
>
> Those of us who are not extremists of one sort or another want ICANN to
> succeed. However, that is not going to happen unless the ICANN board
> comes to understand that its legitimacy can only come from the Internet
> community, and that requires trust on both sides. The ICANN board must
> trust the Internet community sufficiently to open up its processes to the
> light of day. It must trust in the intelligence and good sense of the
> Internet community as a whole.
Agreed completely here Jim. However it is there is now sufficient
evidence that the ICON "Initial" and Interim Board is not and will not
do this with the personnel it currently has. SO, as one countryman of yours
once said, "throw the rascals out".
>
>
> If the ICANN board does this, if it makes its proceedings open to all,
> then it has the chance of earning the trust of the Internet community,
> and acquiring the legitimacy that you seem to think that it already has.
>
> At this point, ICANN is simply something created out of secret processes
> and imposed on us. When the ICANN board opens up its proceedings and
> shows us that it understands what it has to do, when it earns our trust,
> then it will have legitimacy.
It was the process in which the ICON "Initial" and Interim Board was
SELECTED, as you correctly point out that has caused or been at the
root (No pun intended) of the problem. This process should have been
handled as we originally suggested, that being the ICON "Initial"
and Interim board should have been ELECTED.
>
>
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