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[McTim]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 7:20 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since I'm not discussing "how inter-networking has been cooperatively coordinated"

You most certainly are.

There are certainly different flavors of MSism, so the MSism of the
IETF or the RIRs is certainly different than the MSism of ICANN which
is also not the same as the MSism practiced by the IGF.

I'm not sure how whether I understand this or that makes any
difference here.  If you take a look at my blog both the current post
and several of the earlier ones you will see my argument that MSism is
being presented as a form of global governance in competition with
democratic governance.

I have read them and understand your position.  I just don't buy it,
as it does not describe my experiences of the last 15 years.


  While it may have its roots in various aspects of Internet
development MSism's ambitions (through its proponents) are very much
beyond that.
>
> Good to hear that you are not in agreement with Milton's definition, perhaps you would be willing to offer an alternative.


My disagreement with MM is that "private sector" led.  He may mean by
that private non-profits, but to my mind the Internet coordination
community is a Civil Society exercise, not Private Sector (how I
understand the term) led.


>
> And glad to hear that you have a belief in democracy as the "foundation of governance in the Internet

My belief is that people can exercise direct democracy in Internet
Governance without being represented.  People are quite capable of
representing themselves.

This is the way it has worked for the last 40 years.