[governance] what is it that threatens the Internet community or 'who is afraid of the IGF'

[Milton L Mueller]

At 11:43 AM -0400 9/8/07, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>>There are people (governmental and business 
>>interests and some in the technical community) 
>>who want to prevent discussion of cIr,
>
>I don't think that's correct, or if it is then 
>it's a very few people (perhaps one person voice 
>such an opinion in the recent meetings, the rest 
>seem to see it as a legitimate subject.)

That's good news.

>>or, failing that, neuter it, divert it or stack the deck.
>
>This might be correct, and perhaps has been 
>achieved by deciding discussion of CIR would 
>follow the format of the the WGIG report 
>paragraph 13 a:
>
>"Issues relating to infrastructure and the 
>management of critical Internet resources, 
>including administration of the domain name 
>system and Internet protocol addresses (IP 
>addresses), administration of the root server 
>system, technical standards, peering and 
>interconnection, telecommunications 
>infrastructure, including innovative and 
>convergent technologies, as well as 
>multilingualization."

Adam, I guess I don't see how this paragraph "neuters, diverts or stacks
the deck." Can you explain? 
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