Quite interesting perspective and educating one. I like how it ends:

My request to you is this:

In the long term please take some time to become more engaged with the
issues of governance of the internet in general and ICANN in particular.

In the short term recognize that the immediate question of NTIA and ICANN
is not about US versus foreign influence but rather about whether ICANN
will be subject to effective oversight or be accountable to anyone. ICANN
has not demonstrated that it is willing to make itself accountable. One way
or the other ICANN ought to be subject to oversight – and that oversight
ought to be more real and substantive than it has been

Thanks for this.

Regards


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Via Dave Farber. Bears reading :|
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
>
> From: Karl Auerbach <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: A letter I sent to several US Congress Critters about ICANN and
> NTIA...
> Date: April 23, 2014 at 12:39:48 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Here's a pointer for the letter that I sent to several US Congress
> critters regarding ICANN and NTIA.
>
> The gist is that if one has a hungry bear on a leash that it is a good
> idea to attach a new leash before untying the old one.
>
> http://cavebear.com/docs/ntia-icann-2014-others.pdf
>
>
>         —karl—
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