Comments on: Public Participation in ICANN: Rebuttal In Action http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/andrew/2003/12/10/public-participation-in-icann-rebuttal-in-action/ When in Rome, do as the Romanians do. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:04:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/andrew/2003/12/10/public-participation-in-icann-rebuttal-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Anonymous Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:08:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/andrew/2003/12/10/public-participation-in-icann-rebuttal-in-action/#comment-431 <a></a> Very good site. Thank you!

Very good site. Thank you!

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/andrew/2003/12/10/public-participation-in-icann-rebuttal-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Anonymous Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:21:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/andrew/2003/12/10/public-participation-in-icann-rebuttal-in-action/#comment-705 <a></a> Andrew, I agree. ICANN would be wiser in soliciting the opinions of top experts in various fields (e.g. informed bloggers would be a start) as a deliberative body (as you write) rather than by relying or not relying on opinions written in forums populated by geeks. Nothing against the geeks, mind you - some even claim that I am one myself - but they do not represent "the public". I have in the past written several times directly to ICANN about important domain registration issues, but there appears to be no staff to answer questions in detail or to deal with the issues raised. If ICANN wants "public participation", then they have to listen to the voices of the people out there - and that is us. When I write an e-mail directly to ICANN on a specific topic, this is far more important to me than if I am just making a comment somewhere in cyberspace. In any case, based on my communications with ICANN, I CAN answer the question of whether there is public participation in ICANN - the answer is no. Andis Kaulins, LawPundit

Andrew, I agree. ICANN would be wiser in soliciting the opinions of top experts in various fields (e.g. informed bloggers would be a start) as a deliberative body (as you write) rather than by relying or not relying on opinions written in forums populated by geeks. Nothing against the geeks, mind you – some even claim that I am one myself – but they do not represent “the public”. I have in the past written several times directly to ICANN about important domain registration issues, but there appears to be no staff to answer questions in detail or to deal with the issues raised. If ICANN wants “public participation”, then they have to listen to the voices of the people out there – and that is us. When I write an e-mail directly to ICANN on a specific topic, this is far more important to me than if I am just making a comment somewhere in cyberspace. In any case, based on my communications with ICANN, I CAN answer the question of whether there is public participation in ICANN – the answer is no.
Andis Kaulins, LawPundit

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