Hi all.
Jay Fenello wrote:
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Iperdome believes that it, and thousands
of small organizations just like it, have a
legitimate claim to be fairly represented
in the constituencies as defined by ICANN,
regardless of our size, age or financial
resources.
For these reasons, Iperdome plans to review
all submissions to ICANN. Then, in each
separate constituency for which Iperdome
has a legitimate claim to be represented,
we will either:
1) Support one of the existing proposals.
2) Work with similarly situated organizations,
and in the spirit of Open-RSC and the BWG, take
the best features from any of the plans submitted,
and generate a broader consensus document.
I believe that Iperdome, and other people like ORSC, could do a good job in
monitoring other proposals, and bring different views.
All POV should be represented in the debate about the constituencies, and if
they feel that their position is not represented otherwise, obviously it is
their mission to fill in the gap.
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> Finally, to facilitate representation
> for our clients, Iperdome has formed the
> Personal Domain Name Holders Association
> (http://www.pdnha.org). The PDNHA claims
> membership in the non-commercial domain
> name holders constituency, and any other
> Individual based constituency that may
> be considered.
>
What puzzles me most in PDNHA's approach (besides yet another unpronouceable
addition to the alphabet soup) is the following excerpt from the program
(see http://www.pdnha.org/about.html for reference):
An American Perspective
As a Representative Democracy, U.S. citizens have come to expect
certain rights and civil liberties from our government. Unfortunately, this
unique American perspective has collided with the governance philosophies
found in the other 240+ countries throughout the world. Consequently, many
of our most closely held beliefs about governance have not been incorporated
into ICANN. Things like no taxation without representation, due process,
consent of the governed, etc.
The PDNHA will continue the fight for these truly American values,
not just for Americans, but for all Netizens of the world..
First of all, many thanks to Jay Fenello on behalf of the other 240+
countries around the world, where rights and civil liberties cannot be
expected ;>).
I have heard before the statement about fighting for American values on
behalf of the other peoples of the world, and even if often in good faith,
not many times with good results (Viet-Nam is the first example that comes
to my mind). I tend therefore to think at this attitude to fight on behalf
of others in spite of what the others think the best example of non-respect
of one of the primary civil rights and liberties, i.e. autodetermination.
I surely think that Iperdome and PDNHA's point of view is very important,
and may be helpful in building up a truly complete scenario for the future
DNSO constituencies, but I doubt that a real claim for objectivity and
fairness can be made if the "American Perspective" approach is to be
privileged.
Maybe this would be worth remembering when time will come to mediate among
the different proposals in Berlin.
Roberto
