Erick,Some comments we sent on the WSIS documents attached (I doubt my email will get to many of the list addresses you sent to.)
3 sections, you should see the 2nd section on "The Internet's Unique Identifier Systems" for ICANN related comments.
WSIS is an unpleasant policy environment for name and addressing issues (<http://www.itu.int/wsis/>, see "intersessional meeting" for current situation.) We have no right of response, some governments seem to have quite aggressive agendas, there is a general misunderstanding of the technical realities (etc. etc.)
I am not sure how you can best respond to WSIS. You (ALAC) are not an accredited organization so they will probably not recognize any comment you make. But you can (*must*) lobby your individual governments. And you could follow-up on Izumi's remarks in Montreal and try to pressure GAC to be a little more consistent. Those of you with business contacts might try to talk to the International Chamber of Commerce, the main representative of private sector interests in WSIS.
Going forward, I think the best approach is to explain why the comments from governments are mistaken, and then to focus on broader issues and principles of ICT governance, rather than the specifics of names and addressing.
There is also a civil society working group on ICT governance issues <https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance>, <mailto:governance-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe>
Thanks, Adam --
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