Beckstrom on (against) UN oversight for ICANN

[Andrew A. Adams]

This (Canadian) Globe and Mail article includes details of Beckstrom's recent 
statements against UN oversight of ICANN.

(Sorry for the tinyurl indirect link, but otherwise my mail handler munges 
long URLs.)

http://tinyurl.com/38m78m2

Summary: UN oversight would make ICANN "less nimble" according to Beckstrom.

My opinion: could ICANN really be any less nimble given how glacial it is at 
introducing innovative ideas? Perhaps more international oversight could 
pressure ICANN into prioritising the real needs of users and less the 
concerns of staff which may or may not coincide with user needs.

-- 
Professor Andrew A Adams       aaa at meiji.ac.jp
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan