[governance] IGF mechanism 5.0

[Ray Plzak]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance-
> bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Vittorio Bertola
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:50 AM
> To: McTim
> Cc: Governance Caucus; mmwg at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGF mechanism 5.0
> 
> Il giorno dom, 22/01/2006 alle 12.50 +0300, McTim ha scritto:
> > I know I've said this before, but...
> >
> > Whatever is created MUST be better or equal to the best Internet
> > Policy Development Processes that we have now.  It was acknowlwdged by
> > many on the governance caucus list that the RIR policies are the
> > "cleanest" of the ICANN processes.
> 
> I agree that RIR processes are quite good, but please don't forget that
> at the IGF we'll not be making technical agreements with policy
> implications, but policy agreements that need to be compatible with
> technology. The set of stakeholders, interests and views that will be
> involved in discussions on, say, privacy, freedom of expression, or
> e-commerce are likely to be much much broader and diverse (and less
> technical) than those involved in names and numbers administration.

While I agree with your sentiment, I disagree with your evaluation, all of
discussions that have occurred in the ARIN region regarding privacy have
never been over "technical" issues.

Ray

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