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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Ronald,<BR>
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At my last count there were over 140 countries, and I would expect them all to have the opportunity to be involved. That’s why involving the UN makes a lot of sense.<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B><<a href="KovenRonald@aol.com">KovenRonald@aol.com</a>><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, <<a href="KovenRonald@aol.com">KovenRonald@aol.com</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:10:40 -0400 (EDT)<BR>
<B>To: </B>Ian Peter <<a href="ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>>, <<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, <<a href="jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>>, <<a href="daniel@digsys.bg">daniel@digsys.bg</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive bidding on November 4<BR>
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In a message dated 10/25/11 9:31:20 PM, <a href="ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a> writes:<BR>
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Mahatma Ghandi<BR>
famously said words to the British along the lines of "we would rather have<BR>
our own poor government than your very good government". I think that<BR>
applies here, and indeed getting rid of the USG contract might just be a<BR>
catalyst for some ICANN improvements and better levels of involvement.<BR>
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In other words.you'd rather let China and Russia dictate "our own poor government" than continue to put up with "very good government" by the US ? Really ?<BR>
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