[governance] Re: IG questions that are not ICANN [was: Irony]

[Milton L Mueller]

Bill:
Why ask for a seat at the table of an inherently flawed policy process? 
ITU's approach is fatally top-down. Even if it (miraculously) gets adopted it won't have any effect on an Internet that operates on the basis of distributed decision making among private networks and users. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Drake [mailto:drake at hei.unige.ch]
> 
> Before the ITU's 191 member governments go off and decide on model
> cybercrime legislation that is globally applicable, globally accepted
> minimum security criteria and accreditation schemes, a global framework
> for watch warning and incident response, and a framework for a global
> multi-stakeholder [sic] strategy for international cooperation, it might
> be good if CS people and fellow travelers were to do some work on these
> issues and maybe even ask for a seat at the table.  Might this be a role 
> for the IGC?  Could there be a tie-in to the OECD ministerial as well?
> 

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