[bestbits] [governance] Whose lives are we helping, anyway? WAS Re: Remarks at UNESCO Closing Ceremony of "Connecting the Dots Conference"

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Clearly the point is being missed here.

"Internet Governance" as a phrase in international policy is a creature of WSIS.

On 9 Mar 2015, at 18:15, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> Oh well.. There was also the internet ad hoc council pre icann that included Bob Shaw (now retired from ITU) and that first met in Geneva
> 
> That was when ITU had a rather more constructive role to play than it tends to do now (and Bob was responsible for the wsis action like c5 open consultations at ITU Geneva back in 2007-08, I believe a substantial cross section of this caucus was there, all with access to flags) 
> On March 9, 2015 10:41:29 PM "Bill Woodcock" <woody at pch.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 10:06, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at consensus.pro> wrote:
>> The source of all of IG is WSIS.
>> 
>> Uh...  How old are you?  How do you think the Internet was governed for the 35 years prior to the ITU having heard about it ?
>>     
>>                 -Bill
>> 
>> 
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