12 November, 2010

The GNSO's Missionary Position

Commenting on the proposed GNSO "Global Outreach Recommendations", Milton Mueller observes:

The report proposes a standing “Outreach Task Force” (OTF) that is rather large, about 40-50 people. It holds up the IGF MAG as a (positive!) example, something that might surprise those of us who have dealt with the MAG and the intense representational politics that have swirled around it. Not to mention the factional divisions that have mostly paralyzed it.  This OTF is then going to spend a lot of money supporting the activities of a large group as they recruit people into the GNSO.

ICANN is not, or should not be, an evangelical Church with a missionary wing that views enlarging its membership as an inherently good thing. ICANN should stick to its narrow, technical policy mission.

NOTE:  The Global Outreach proposal may be found here.

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