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<pre wrap=""><big>>BTW, methinks that you might want to (in the interest of full
>disclosure) let us know if you are still under contract with the ITU
>in re: IP address distribution issues.</big></pre>
McTim<br>
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I am touched by your concern for conflict of interest issues :). <br>
<br>
In fact very often I do think of the basis of legitimacy of civil
society and I find issues of transparency, responding to critiques and
other questions immediately and always, accountability, proof of
action/ performance vis a vis ideals upheld etc as key in this regard.
'Conflict of interest' issues are very important here, and very high
standards of disclosure must be maintained. As importantly, structural
situations of any such conflicts of interests should be avoided, and in
any case openly discussed, and responded to.<br>
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However, I do find it strange and incongruous that whenever we have
tried to discuss on this list conflict of interest issues implicating
people in important management positions of bodies involved in
Internet policy-making seeking to represent civil society, you have
repeatedly taken up the defence such practises, and pooh poohed
considerations of conflict of interest. Can you please explain the
double standards being employed by you in this regard. <br>
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It is important to note that the issue you point out in this case is
just a possible one-off contract of research/ study etc (though I agree
with your demand for full disclosure) , while the practices you have
defended pertains to people actually occupying key permanent positions
in Internet policy making bodies, whereby they are organisationally
bond to represent the interests of their employing organisation. <small><br>
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<big>In fact, I have often heard such research/ study contracts with
ITU mentioned in a hush-hush manner about a couple of civil society
persons, but when issues regarding various contractual and other -
often rather deep - relationships with ICANN plus are raised, they are
immediately brushed aside as non-issues - as acts of narrow minded
people involved in exclusionary practises (i have heard this term
mentioned in this regard - Spartan youth club kind of practises :) ).<br>
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Parminder <br>
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PS: I have mentioned this before but to do so again, I am regularly
funded by the UN to attend IGF meetings, and also sometimes CSTD and
other meetings. Our organisation does try to put up as much of our
financial details out in the public as possible. <br>
<br>
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McTim wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Milton,
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Milton L Mueller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu"><mueller@syr.edu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">To add icing to the cake, ARIN's Curran agrees with a protectionist trade policy - which would be disastrous if taken very far - because it suits his very short term and narrow agenda of justifying ARIN's centralized control of internet resources.
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Sorry to puncture your gas bag yet again, but to be precise, ARIN does
NOT have "centralized control of Internet resources". Arin does
distribution of Internet number resources in Canada, many Caribbean
and North Atlantic islands, and the United States. IANA is the root
of Internet resources.
If you truly wanted competition in Internet resources, and the
abolition of centralised registries, then you'd have to argue that the
IANA should have competition in doling out IP addresses at the root
level.
There are natural monopolies in this world, you just have to accept that fact.
BTW, methinks that you might want to (in the interest of full
disclosure) let us know if you are still under contract with the ITU
in re: IP address distribution issues.
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