[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[Avri Doria]

On 3 Aug 2008, at 14:05, John Levine wrote:

> Regardless, the US DOC isn't going away, so I'll be interested to see
> to what extent the governance crowd would prefer to demand changes
> that won't happen or would prefer to figure out how to work in the
> world that actually exists.


while working in the world that exists is of course a tactical  
necessity, one wonders whether it might be useful to see what could be  
done, in cooperation with other interested stakeholders, to bring  
about that which should happen no matter how much DOC says it won't.


DOC saying it won't let go, largely because of the current US mania  
for holding on to so called 'strategic' resources, can't be allowed to  
be the last word in this saga.  It is a bargaining position.  i think  
the question becomes how does one get around this particular  
bargaining position.

a.
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