[governance] Comments related to the WGIG report

[Milton Mueller]

>>> Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> 08/10/05 7:56 PM >>>
>I am personally not holding my breath on this one.  I have seen  
>little or no indication from the USG that they are going to give up  
>their unilateral control any time soon.  I certainly think it is  
>reasonable for CS to put some energy in its response supporting 
>this goal.

Avri, we need to be a lot tougher here. 
Any significant change in the international regime(s) surrounding the
Internet won't be easy. Any significant change will involve major shifts
n the distribution of power and thus lead to conflicts of interest and
some resistance from some quarters.

I hope no one on this list thought that the WGIG would hand in its
report, all major governmental and private interests would read it and
say, "yep!" "Sure!" "Let's do it!"

The fact that the USG is not happily embracing change is predictable but
should not in any way be a deterrent to demanding those changes and
planning for them. As we have pointed out in some detail, the US
position is inconsistent with its own policy, is not widely supported
even in the US among the Internet community, has no support
internationally, and thus is not sustainable long term. The people in
the Commerce Dept. and State are not stupid - they know that. Change is
inevitable. The only question is when and how. 
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