[governance] ICANN the only IG org??? (was Re: Framework Convention)

[Norbert Bollow]

Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:

> Hi, Norbert,
> At 13:16 4/23/2007  +0200, you wrote:
> 
> >I very strongly disagree with the claim that "ICANN is the only
> >working organization in the field" of Internet Governance.
> >
> >As far as I can see, that claim is not true for any reasonable
> >definition of "Internet Governance" that I can think of.
> 
> Perhaps you haven't seen this one:
> 
> Internet governance is the development and application by 
> Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their 
> respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making 
> procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.
>
> You can read it at http://wgig.org/WGIG-Report.html

I've been using that definition for a long time.

Certainly you can't be claiming that no-one besides ICANN is woking in
the field of the development and/or application of "shared principles,
norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape
the evolution and use of the Internet" ???

Greetings,
Norbert.


-- 
Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>                    http://Norbert.ch
President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG  http://SIUG.ch
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