<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Riaz K Tayob <<a href="mailto:riaz.tayob@gmail.com">riaz.tayob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Thesi<b>s: The Bill is good for IG.</b><br>
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(I am NOT the best person to make the case!!) <br>
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It establishes a policy in legislation ensuring MS.<br>
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It includes preservation as well as advancement - it incorporates
the possibility of future change.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>Riaz - I'll try and make the case, but probably not as you expect...<div><div><div><br></div><div>FYI - Two articles about this bill from RollCall (a publication covering US legislative events) - </div><div><br></div><div> <<a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/an_internet_almost_free_from_government_control-224101-1.html">http://www.rollcall.com/news/an_internet_almost_free_from_government_control-224101-1.html</a>></div><div> <<a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/who_really_runs_the_internet-224102-1.html">http://www.rollcall.com/news/who_really_runs_the_internet-224102-1.html</a>></div><div><br></div><div>(and one of the articles quotes the esteemed Milton Mueller...)</div></div><div><br></div><div>I believe that fact-based dialogue is generally good, and to the extent that this bill helps everyone </div><div>gain a better understanding of the present reality, it is helpful to the cause of Internet Governance. </div><div>For those in US government, it has made plain that the multistakeholder model is very important </div><div>and should be supported, while also highlighting the unique USG(NTIA)/ ICANN relationship (which </div><div>has not been well known or understood by some in the USG.) For those advocating change in the</div><div>Internet Governance framework to one which is "free of government control", the removal of that </div><div>phrase is a readily referencable event as evidence of concerns with the present system. </div><div><br></div><div>Improved visibility into the present system is a win in any case.</div><div><br></div><div>FYI,</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimers: My views alone. To the best of my knowledge, this email was prepared in a manner</div><div> "free of government control" </div></div></body></html>