[ncdnhc-discuss] Decentalization proposal for ICANN Evolution and Reform

[James Love]

This is a specific proposal for ICANN decentralization.

1.   Get ICANN out of the protoccal and numbering business, and focus on the
names issues, where the lack of an accepted decision making structure is the
most problematic.  Let the ASO and PSO be independent and sort our their own
issues.

2.    Begin with an ICANN/DNSO, I'll call ICANN-1, that is particularly US
Centric, and according to observors, tends to do, for better or worse, the
following things.

     a.   Embraces US type instincts on free expression and libertarian type
values.
     b.  Embraces US style approaches to protection of consumers and in
areas where it has a responsibility, trademark issues.
     c.  Tends to favor (sometimes)  firms that give money to US politicians
or promises jobs to former US government officials (is influenced by the
particular US styles of corruption).

3.   Allow new regional ICANN spinoffs to be created, under the "go forth
and multiply" theory, which is to say, regions can self organize, and
approach ICANN-1, be come recognized as a member of the ICANN family.

4.    Once a new region can satisfy ICANN-1 that it is a stable
organization, and that it can trusted to coordinate the uniqueness issue for
TLDs,   it then becomes ICANN-2, and can approve as many new TLDs as it
wishes, and impose whatever controls on those TLDs as it wishes, subject
only to whatever procedures exist for coordination of uniqueness of names.
This procedure continues until you have a sufficient number of new regional
groups that do what those regions want done.

    Jamie

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