news ICANN ditches plan to give governments more power

[News]

A proposal to make a board two-thirds super-majority vote a requirement for overruling advice provided by the Governmental Advisory Committee is now “off the table”, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade told a US Senate committee hearing today.

The threshold, which would replace the existing simple majority requirement, was proposed last August as a result of talks in a board-GAC working group.

At the time, I described the proposal as a “fait accompli” — the board had even said it would use the higher threshold in votes on GAC advice in advance of the required bylaws change.

UPDATE: An ICANN spokesperson just got in touch to say that the board decided to ditch its plan in response to the negative public comments.

Full Article: http://domainincite.com/18052-icann-ditches-plan-to-give-governments-more-power

 

[Rick Ace]

This is great news. I wouldn't trust big brother in any event. :D

The independence of the internet from national and local governments is crucial towards making the internet a true "world wide web".