[governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] slight postponement oftoday'scaucus meeting

[veni markovski]

At 04:40 23-09-2005 -0300, Carlos Afonso wrote:
>Yes, Veni, starting with taking it away from the governator and the 
>federal administration and turning it into a true global pluralist 
>organization... it might even remain in Marina del Rey for the ones 
>who enjoy that rich paradise :), but under a serious host country 
>agreement. Now *that* will be an improvement!

There's something about the policy making here, or am I reading you wrong?

If we have to talk frankly, then we must say things the way they are. 
A serious host country agreement... in most cases people believe that 
should be under the UN umbrella, and mainly because they are 
concerned about litigations in the US courts. Well, part of the 
answer why the Internet became such a tool, is that it was let on the 
market. Today, 12 years after the www, we are trying to regulate the 
access to the Internet, the way people behave there, etc., etc. Now, 
that's a little bit strange - we can't solve the problems within our 
own societies, but we want to solve them on the Internet. Do you 
believe this may happen?

Another topic - the way the Internet is being "governed" today. It's 
obvious that for some this is the wrong way, and for others it's even 
controlled more than necessary. So, whatever the decions is, there 
will be about half of the people who will not be happy.

But if you go to the end users and ask them what model they prefer, 
the vast majority wouldn't care even to respond. That's the truth - 
the users are not interested if it's ICANN, or the UN running the 
root management and the DNS and IP address allocation. They care that 
Google works, that they have connectivity, and that there are no 
viruses to ruin their (net)work.

As for ICANN, I also believe there's what to improve, and I believe 
it is happening.... may be slower than some would have expected, but 
better late than never.

veni 

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