I think you are right in many respects, that civil society needs to take a neutral careful stance with between both poles in the battle between ICANN/ISOC and ITU. Neither yet shown a strong commitment to civil society and non commercial interests and neither has shown any reliability as a force against the suppression of liberties on the Internet. Neither has shown itself friend of socially positive causes, yet both are strong supporters of business and government (the only real difference being which of these two they put first).