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

[Esther Dyson]

As someone once asked me, "Why can't we just all agree to sit together in a 
room and figure this out, without a lot of fuss?"

That room is called ICANN.

But a lot of people now care what goes on in that room, and they will not 
go away until they feel secure about what happens in the room. THen they 
will get bored and leave it alone....

Esther

At 05:34 PM 4/4/2002, Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM wrote:
>Dear Dave,
>
>in following the thread about decentralization, the question that remains
>for me is: if you decentralized (eg making address, protocol, and names
>issues separate, or controlling TLDs regionally), what would be the nature
>of the agency or body that kept things coordinated?
>
>One guess: international, private-sector or private-public partnership,
>bottom-up, consensus-based... Heard it before?
>
>Personally I remain open to the idea of decentralization (as you say, it
>is an appealing word), and even more open to carrying the idea through
>consequently to see if and how it is really viable).
>
>Yours,
>
>Alx
>
>
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>On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Dave Crocker wrote:
>
> > At 05:54 AM 4/4/2002 -0500, James Love wrote:
> > >This is a specific proposal for ICANN decentralization.
> >
> > Given a goal of decentralization, Jamie's proposal does not go far
> > enough.  Any effort at decentralization needs to be more complete.
> >
> > There are two assumptions behind Jamie's proposal:
> >
> >          a) it is better to have more localized control of TLDs, and
> >
> >          b) coordination among multiple TLD-granting organizations is easy.
> >
> > However a regional body has the difficulty of needing to obtain agreements
> > among the member countries each of which has its own culture and its own
> > sovereignty.  The idea of requiring a single set of rules for Japan,
> > Myanmar and India, for example, strikes me as no easier than having a
> > single set of TLD-allocation rules for the entire world, as we have with
> > ICANN.
> >
> > Consequently, I suggest that we have one TLD-granting organization for each
> > country.  Each organization will apply whatever policies they wish, from
> > the perspective of their country.
> >
> > This leaves the trivial task of coordinating uniqueness among the
> > TLD-granting organizations.
> >
> > Only two questions are unanswered:
> >
> > 1.  What is the actual benefit of such decentralization?  Although
> > decentralization is an appealing concept, it is not clear what specific
> > benefits are expected in this case.  It is even less clear what specific
> > benefits are likely.  Perhaps there are examples of global decentralization
> > for such an operation?  That way we could understand the benefits and the
> > difficulties.
> >
> > 2.  Will coordination of uniqueness actually be that trivial?  For example,
> > what will prevent a TLD land-grab by the different granting agencies,
> > instantly adding thousands -- or even millions -- of TLDs to the root.
> > Although some DNS technicians believe that millions of new TLDs in the root
> > will not cause a problem, others believe it will.  And what about disputes
> > between the different granting agencies?
> >
> > d/
> >
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