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>Subject: Learning from History and Preparing for Tomorrow
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>The post-modernists are fond of saying "history is a story, a
>construction". I won't go that far but I think it is important to say that
>nobody has a full record of all that has transpired in the creation of
>ICANN and the lead up the DNSO meetings in Berlin. What is clear is that
>the stakes are high and that the (mainly commercial) stakeholders have
>done all they can to represent their private interest in what is
>essentially an allocation of the right to 'sell' virtual real estate.
>
>What is important about Berlin is that it is the first round in trying to
>carve in stone how we handle the governance and accountability of the
>DNSO's. It is important to remember that one property of the electronic
>venue is that polices will be 'carved in putty' - i.e., the can be
>re-carved and will be re-carved for several reasons.
>
>First, the potential for mobilizing political will is a lot easier. This
>is how the NGO community killed the first attempts at the Multilateral
>Agreement on Invesment - even when it was backed by the most powerful
>countries and commercial interests on the Globe. There is a lesson there.
>
>Second, the electronic venue is ideal for increased transparency,
>accountability and participation. This will impact on governance. The
>execution and refinement of governence with respect to the SNDO's will be
>an ongoing process. Anyone who things they can "WIN" at Berlin is foolish.
>There will be winners and there will be loosers - but most important it
>will be an event where players show their cards - to be assessed for the
>continuing struggles around transparency, accountability and governance.
>My suspicion is that some players will be seen to be play their cards
>badly and with unreasonable self interest. While we engage in that fray we
>are also obliged to learn from the struggle.
>
>Lastly, what do we know going into this? The record of the past is that in
>their quest to gain strategic advantage, the big players fail to
>understand the necessities of participatory process, accountability and
>governence here. The big players have not done anything to build
>confidence on the part of those of us who believe that there should be
>large public and private spaces in the electronic venue, those of us who
>think it should be more than just another land grab. No amount of
>'legalese' will change this. Only actions.
>
>For me this means that Berlin is a way station on a road. It is a stop at
>which the various players will position themselves for the next way
>station on the road. Berlin is not about the solution, it is about the
>ongoing struggle. To fail to understand that is to misread history. The
>shortest distance between 'here' and 'there' is not a by traveling in a
>straight line though the hardest wall, it is attacking the weakest wall
>first. Belin will help sort out collaborators and obstacles.
>
>Here is to after Berlin, when the real struggle begins.
>
>P.S., My work is this area is 'paid for' by a hope for a better tomorrow,
>and a willingness to work on that construction project. Financing is by
>'out of pocket'.
>
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