[liberationtech] Internet transition to private industry

[Karl Auerbach]

You may want to check out some materials we assembled at the time of 
formation of ICANN:

https://www.cavebear.com/archive/bwg/

     --karl--

On 9/25/19 6:18 AM, Sandy Harris wrote:
> Here's a message from interim ICANN chair Esther Dyson on the
> structure as originally envisaged:
> https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/ntiahome/press/ICANN111098.htm
>
> " four separate membership organizations: three specialized Supporting
> Organizations that would each elect three Directors, and an At Large
> membership that would elect nine directors.
>
> " the Board has an unconditional mandate to create a membership
> structure that will elect the At Large Directors
>
> " Some remain concerned that the Initial Board could simply amend the
> bylaws and remove the membership provisions that we have just
> described above. We commit that this will not happen. In addition to
> our commitment, the U.S. government has publicly stated that it will
> maintain oversight during the transition period, and we fully expect
> that the creation of a membership and the transfer of authority to a
> fully elected Board will occur before that transition period ends.
>
> As I see it, the process was subverted and the intended 9/9 balance of
> board representatives of public & private interests lost. This looks
> unrecoverable to me.