ICANN AtLarge and Internet Governance WSIS APNG Camp Singapore, July 2006

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ICANN AtLargeandInternet Governance _at_WSIS
APNG CampSingapore, July 2006
 

• Izumi Aizu
• ltiza_at_anr.orggt
• ICANN ALAC
• Institute for HyperNetwork Society

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Go OUT!

• Go out there,
• Grab the opportunities.
• Engage with others!

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What is ICANN?

• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
  Numbers
• Managing the DNS, IP Address, Port numbers
  identifiers for Internet DNS Root server
  operation
• Est. in 1998 after much dispute
• internationalization and privatization has been
  the focus
• Incorporated in California, with 19 international
  Board members
• Constituencies ccTLD, gTLD, RIRs, Registrars,
  ISP, Biz-users, non-commercial, IP, Ind. Users,
  Governments

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Report on ICANN At- Large

• AtLarge Advisory Committee (ALAC)
• convey voices of individual Internet users
• Three-tier structure 5 regions
• ALS (AtLarge Structures)
• local/issue based, certified by ALAC
• RALO (Regional AtLarge Organization) by ALSs
  MoU with ICANN
• ALAC (AtLarge Advisory Committee)
• 10 by Board to be replaced by RALO
• 5 by NomCom
• Changing situation around ICANN
• WSIS pressure more international,
  multi-stakeholder
• GAC Task Force (for enhanced cooperation
• Need further reform? YES.

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Join ALAC through ALS/RALO

• Own website
• www.icannalac.org
• Own wiki
• Self-review ongoing
• Challenges
• High volunteer costs
• Are we doing the right thing?
• Changing political situation
• How to sustain?
• Too complex structure?

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ALS in Asia/Pacific/Australia

• Certified ALSs
• Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter (Dec 2005)
  (hk)
• Internet Users Society - Niue (Jul 2005) (nu)
• Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society
  (PICISOC) (Jul 2005) (fj)
• Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) (Mar
  2005) (au)
• Internet Users Network (Japan) (Jun 2004) (jp)
• Internet Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)-
  India (Feb 2004) (in)
• ISOC Taiwan Chapter (PDF) (Jan 2004) (tw)
• At Large _at_ China (Jan 2004) (cn)
• National Information Infrastructure Enterprise
  Promotion Association (Jan 2004) (tw)
• Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) (Oct
  2003) (jo/Arab)
• Pending ALSs ALAC to Vote soon
• InternetNZ (May 2006) (nz)
• Aotearoa Maori Internet Organisation (Apr 2006)
  (nz)
• Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) (Mar 2006) (hk)

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RALO formation in progress

• APRALO
• defining Operating Principles
• To enter MoU with ICANN soon?
• Next Meeting at APNIC in September
• EURALO
• May 2006 Frankfurt Meeting
• The Spirit of Frankfurt
• First EURALO preparatory meeting
• Drafting a RALO roadmap, with milestones for the
  bylaws and the MoU into 2007.

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Policy Issues

• Ongoing issues
• WHOIS privacy vs law-enforcement
• IDN multilingual DNS vs stability
• Introduction of new gTLDs .jazz?
• New issues
• US MoU/NTIA
• Domain Name Tasting
• monetizing DNS

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ALAC comments on MoU/NTIA
The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) of ICANN,
mandated by ICANN bylaws to convey the interests
of global individual users, respectfully submits
the following comments regarding the transition
of the technical coordination and management of
the Internet domain name and addressing
system. ALAC is a global entity comprised of
fifteen appointed members, three from each of
five geographic regions Africa,
Asia/Pacific/Australia, Europe, Latin
America/Caribbean Islands and North America. In
addition, there are more than 40 organizations
already accredited as "At-Large Structures
(ALS)," which will eventually form Regional
At-Large Organizations (RALOs) that will function
as a bottom-up mechanism to support and engage in
the ICANN policy process. As such, ALAC would
like to emphasize the critical importance of
openness, inclusion, transparency, and equal
opportunity for all stakeholders of the world to
share in the affairs of the global Internet
identifier systems that ICANN is tasked to
coordinate.As the MoU between the US Government
and ICANN expires in September this year, ALAC
wishes to underline the unique opportunity the
occasion offers to realize the original goals
that led to the formation of ICANN. These
include, inter alia, acknowledgement of the
international nature of ICANN, support of the
multi-stakeholder bottom-up approach to the
management of ICANN, and the provision of viable
and stable channels for the involvement of
individual Internet users in the ICANN policy
formation process. Measures must be implemented
to ensure non-discriminatory availability of
ICANN/IANA services as well as the opportunity
for the involvement of global individual users in
the ICANN process.
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• In its role as the voice of the individual
  Internet users, ALAC firmly believes that the
  current multi-stakeholder framework at ICANN
  should be further strengthened to allow more
  proactive involvement of end-users. The process
  to full participation of individual users through
  the ALAC/RALO (Regional At-Large Organization)
  mechanism is being undertaken at this moment.
  There is, however, a lack of incentives for the
  participants, especially a lack of direct
  involvement at the decision-making levels of
  ICANN. Therefore, we think that ICANN should find
  ways to implement adequate representation of
  individual users at the decision-making levels of
  ICANN so that a real multi-stakeholder framework
  is achieved.In addition, we believe that no
  government should have a pre-eminent role in DNS
  management and exercise power over database
  changes and root-server data. We suggest that an
  institutional form should be found so that ICANN
  does not lie under the authority of any single
  national legislation. We also strongly advocate
  transparency and openness in the process of
  making any structural change in the ICANN
  framework for the coming transition. Respectful
  ly submitted,Annette MuehlbergChairAt-Large
  Advisory CommitteeInternet Corporation for
  Assigned Names and Numbers

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Internet Governance became central debate at
WSIS

• What is Internet Governance?
• Governance of Internet infrastructure
• Governance of Social activities over Internet
• Governance of Information Society
• Why it became so hot?
• Facing new challenges with changing realities
• Uneven framework
• Inadequate current systems
• From governments to civil society

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Governance must fit with local/regional reality

• Internet development status is so diverse Asia
  Pacific ranges from Japan/Korea to Afghanistan,
  East Timor, Bhutan, Iraq
• Internet Community collaboration between
  Technologists, private sector (Entrepreneurs
  Netizens) and government is the key
• In developing countries, government support is
  essential for Internet deployment they are often
  supported by Netizens

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WSIS Debate on IG

• WSIS 1 Geneva
• Internet resource management framework
  ICANN/USG questioned
• WGIG by UN SG
• 40 members, multi-stakeholder group
• Final Report presented 4 models

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WGIG 4 models for global public policy oversight

• No single government should have pre-emptive
  role

3. IIC
1. GIC
2. GAC
4. GIPC
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WSIS 2 Tunis compromised reached

• All countries have equal roles
• Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to be convened by
  UN SG
• Enhanced Cooperation process
• Very ambiguous, government process?
• Strong Recognition of Multi-stakeholder approach

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Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Oct 30 - Nov2 in
Athens

• Internet Governance for Development
• Development is the main theme
• Sub themes
• Openness
• Security
• Diversity
• Access
• Plenary and Workshops
• ICANN/DNS will NOT
• be discussed

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IGF for any effective influence?

• Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group appointed
• Gov 19, Biz 10, CS 7, ICANN/ISOC 9
• From AP
• Pankaj Agrawala (in), Abdullah M Daftardar (sa),
  Valerie DCosta (sg), Khan, Masood (pk) Abdullah
  Kafi (bd), Masanobu Katoh (jp), Colin Oliver
  (au), Adam Peake (jp/uk), Charles Sha'ban (jo),
  Yang Xiaokun (cn)
• 2007 Brazi
• 2008 India

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Its your choice, its your turn!

• From Adam Peake ltajp_at_glocom.ac.jpgt
• Subject Camp participants and the Internet
  Governance Forum
• Hi, I would like to know if there's interest
  among camp participants in Internet policy
  issues? But only members under the age of 30!
• I was recently asked to join a group of advisors
  helping convene the "Internet Governance Forum"
  (IGF), lthttp//www.intgovforum.org/gt, one of the
  follow-up activities to the World Summit on the
  Information Society (WSIS.)
• Important to note that Internet Governance is
  defined broadly and means policy issues effecting
  the development and use of the Internet. We are
  considering 4 main themes Openness, Security, 
  Diversity, and Access.
• IGF will be a forum for ongoing dialogue and
  discussion, but will also hold a first annual
  meeting in Athens, 30 October to 2 November
  2006.  Part of the role of the advisory group is
  to be a kind of program committee.
• The closing session in Athens will be on "the way
  forward", a future oriented session on Internet
  Governance issues. The task of organizing this
  session has been given to Youth -- "youth" is a
  defined group in UN summits, etc, and for IGF
  purposes we will define youth as people under 30.
• I would like to know if any APNG Camp members
  (under 30 years) are interested in getting
  involved in organizing this session.  I would be
  pleased to put individuals in touch with the
  advisory group member coordinating this work.
• Thanks, Adam

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Governance as global challenge for UNS

• No one has the answer
• Global Net posing trans-national challenges hard
  to solve by conventional nation based approach
• Current International, inter-governmental bodies
  are not designed to deal with trans-national/globa
  l issues effectively
• They are made for Industrial Age
• Slow, constrained by borders, not flexible
• Need to establish new governance model
• a light multi-stakeholder forum (WGIG/WSIS)

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You can drive the futureof Internet (Governance)!

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