Dear all - Below is a link to the Center for Democracy & Technology's new report, "ICANN and Internet Governance: Getting Back to Basics." We're releasing this today in the lead-up to the KL meeting. http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/20040713_cdt.pdf The report argues that ICANN is straying from its original design as a private-sector, bottom-up, consensus-based technical coordination body. Unless it re-focuses on that model, it is likely to be supplanted or radically altered by efforts to link its management of core Internet functions with broader interests in "Internet governance." Such a result could well threaten the revolutionary decentralized characteristics that have been the hallmark of the Internet's democratic promise. Please feel free to direct any feedback or questions to myself or Alan Davidson ([log in to unmask]). CDT Policy Fellow Susan Crawford will also be attending the KL meeting. Best, Mike Steffen -- Mike Steffen Policy Analyst Center for Democracy and Technology http://www.cdt.org/ 202.637.9800 x115