[governance] FYI: Letter from Bulgarian Internet community

[McTim]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:26 PM, George Sadowsky
<george.sadowsky at attglobal.net> wrote:
> This is getting to be a silly argument.

twas always such

>
> Norbert: you know full well that ISOC is not governed the way Cambodia is.
>  Why make the post?
>
> Parminder:  You seem to have a lot of problems.

Well, it's not just him, there are a number of ppl on this list that
labor under misunderstandings/misapprehensions regarding the 3 Cs
model of Communication, Collaboration and Cooperation as practiced by
ISOC/IETF/ICANN/RIRs, etc.

They don't grok the notion that these groups already represent a
multistakeholder model that has worked very well for a very long time.

Couple that with a penchant for seeing ICANN as the new North Korea,
and ISOC as a shill for corporate America, and you have a recipe for
the creation of a "Bad Idea Force" as seen in Issue 2 of this
hilarious and quite educational comic series:

https://www.arin.net/knowledge/comic.html

This is like the old "Peter Packet" cartoon from Cisco, but for the IG arena.

>
> I was on the ISOC Board for 7 years, stepping down in 2004.  I never saw any
> evidence of favoritism to commercial entities that were donors to ISOC.  I
> doubt that this has changed.

Thank you for this first hand account.

>
> I suggest that if you want an explanation of of what this membership
> applications means, you go directly to ISOC and ask them.

Better yet, join ISOC (globally or local chapter) and get involved in
the fight against "Agent FUD"

;-)
-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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