What seriously got to me about that WP article was that there was literally no mention of other stakeholders anywhere in it. I'd like to see NCUC publish a response to that. j On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Beautifully stated, Andrew. I hope the ICANN Board sees it your way. > > Best, > Robin > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Andrew A. Adams wrote: > > > > And as soon as all the members of GAC can achieve complete consensus on > all > > these issues and agree and implement treaties, I'm sure that ICANN will > > happily comply with such new international laws. Until that time, the > > bottom-up stakeholder approach ICANN's system supposedly embraces > provides > > the only sensible way forward for balancing the needs of the entire > connected > > (and potentially connected) world. > > > > -- > > Professor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask] > > Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and > > Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics > > Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/ > > > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------