[governance] Formal IGC response to IBSA proposal ahead of 18-19 Summit?

Sonigitu Ekpe sonigituekpe at crossriverstate.gov.ng
Tue Oct 11 09:14:13 EDT 2011


Dear Great Fellows and Friends,

Greetings!

I hope we are brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe we
could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

You all have put up good inputs! Most interesting is Mc Tim's, point  "power
play" quite interesting.

Looking forward to see how we change the way each of us  sees the world
today; "the Internet ".

Warm regards,

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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> McTim,
>
> On 10/11/2011 03:43 AM, McTim wrote:
> > I'll bite.
> >
> > I too am not in favor of a poll at this time  (or at all, since our
> > decisions are supposed to be based on a consensus model).
> >
> [...]
> > The IGF is not supposed to produce outcomes, but is supposed to
> > increase understanding.
>
> It does already produce *some* outcomes, through the various results
> from workshops and similar parallel meetings. And the IGF might change,
> why not? Doesn't the "technical community" like changes in paradigms?
>
> [...]
> >
> > Clearly, a takeover of ICANN/IETF/W3C/RIRs, etc by a multilateral
> > body (as proposed by IBSA) will not fill any gaps.  It's just a
> > power play.
> >
>
> Now, this is really news to me, and I think I know English enough to
> grasp what the by now famous IBSA doc said or did not say. There is not
> even mention of any of these entities, which are of entirely different
> natures in scope, mandate, incidence, decision-making, relation to gov
> bodies etc etc. This was sparked by MM's furor expressed in an article
> in the IGP when first read the doc, and some people keep parroting this.
> Amazing!
>
> --c.a.
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