[governance] .xxx. igc and igf

[Veni Markovski]

Vittorio,

At 20:02 4/17/2007  +0200, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>Milton Mueller ha scritto:
>>True, of course I am not calling for starting from scratch. The IGF is
>>a valuable forum for advocacy and a "bully pulpit" to use an American
>>slang. I am not giving up on it and I hope my comments are not being
>>interpreted that way. But the severe limits being placed on its agenda
>>are a source of concern, especially when key actors in ICANN civil
>>society (i.e., Vittorio) seem to be abandoning the opportunity to
>>attempt to reform ICANN from an IGF-based platform.
>
>I must confess to be somehow lost in your reasoning.
>First you complain that the IGF is a forum for advocacy and for 
>discussion only.
>Then you complain that ICANN reforms are not on the agenda of the IGF.
>And finally you complain about abandoning an "opportunity to attempt 
>to reform ICANN from the IGF" which, if you accept your premise six 
>lines before, does not exist.
>Earlier today, you complained that those from civil society who 
>accept serving in positions at ICANN are being "soooooo easily 
>co-opted" just to "feel important".

You've captured the moment quite correctly. It is only about 
complaints, and not that much about becoming part of the solution. 
You've counted only five complaints, just in a couple of e-mails. If 
you go into the mailing list history, you may find more.

It's time that we just stop paying so much attention to the people 
who complain all the time, and instead focus our attention on the 
people who constructively contribute.
The WSIS/WGIG/IGF were never meant to be the venue where people would 
complain. One could go back into time quite easily, and see not only 
why they were formed, but also who was the driving force.
The important topics today, for the civil society, and for the 
businesses, are not the one, which are on the US-centric agenda, is 
not what ICANN does, but (in random order), let's choose 3 of the "hot topics":

- affordability of access
- accessibility of Internet (both as accessibility for people with 
disabilities, and for people who don't have access at all)
- content control

In my part of the world, nobody cares about the dot com, or the dot 
net. Everyone cares about their national ccTLD. May be it's time that 
we focus on the real issues, not on the ones where people make politics.

veni 

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