[governance] FYI: Letter from Bulgarian Internet community

[Carlos Afonso]

And so goes the McTim conspiration theory within the IGC... ;) The
rightful ones are the ones who believe the organizations quoted furnish
the perfect 3Cs world and the stupid radicals "who have problems" should
either follow them or stop trying to take the sweet from their divine
mouths.

The theory has followers...

--c.a.

McTim wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:26 PM, George Sadowsky
> <george.sadowsky at attglobal.net> wrote:
>> This is getting to be a silly argument.
> 
> twas always such
> 
>> Norbert: you know full well that ISOC is not governed the way Cambodia is.
>>  Why make the post?
>>
>> Parminder:  You seem to have a lot of problems.
> 
> Well, it's not just him, there are a number of ppl on this list that
> labor under misunderstandings/misapprehensions regarding the 3 Cs
> model of Communication, Collaboration and Cooperation as practiced by
> ISOC/IETF/ICANN/RIRs, etc.
> 
> They don't grok the notion that these groups already represent a
> multistakeholder model that has worked very well for a very long time.
> 
> Couple that with a penchant for seeing ICANN as the new North Korea,
> and ISOC as a shill for corporate America, and you have a recipe for
> the creation of a "Bad Idea Force" as seen in Issue 2 of this
> hilarious and quite educational comic series:
> 
> https://www.arin.net/knowledge/comic.html
> 
> This is like the old "Peter Packet" cartoon from Cisco, but for the IG arena.
> 
>> I was on the ISOC Board for 7 years, stepping down in 2004.  I never saw any
>> evidence of favoritism to commercial entities that were donors to ISOC.  I
>> doubt that this has changed.
> 
> Thank you for this first hand account.
> 
>> I suggest that if you want an explanation of of what this membership
>> applications means, you go directly to ISOC and ask them.
> 
> Better yet, join ISOC (globally or local chapter) and get involved in
> the fight against "Agent FUD"
> 
> ;-)

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