[governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd

[Parminder]

>BTW, methinks that you might want to (in the interest of full
>disclosure) let us know if you are still under contract with the ITU
>in re: IP address distribution issues.

McTim

I am touched by your concern for conflict of interest issues :).

In fact very often I do think of the basis of legitimacy of civil 
society and I find issues of transparency, responding to critiques and 
other questions immediately and always, accountability, proof of action/ 
performance vis a vis ideals upheld etc as key in this regard. 'Conflict 
of interest' issues are very important here, and very high standards of 
disclosure must be maintained. As importantly, structural situations of 
any such conflicts of interests should be avoided, and in any case 
openly discussed, and responded to.

However, I do find it strange and incongruous that whenever we have 
tried to discuss on this list conflict of interest issues implicating 
people in important management positions of bodies  involved in Internet 
policy-making seeking to represent civil society, you have repeatedly 
taken up the defence such practises, and pooh poohed considerations of 
conflict of interest. Can you please explain the double standards being 
employed by you in this regard.

It is important to note that the issue you point out in this case is 
just a possible one-off contract of research/ study etc (though I agree 
with your demand for full disclosure) , while the practices you have 
defended pertains to people actually occupying key permanent positions 
in Internet policy making bodies, whereby they are organisationally bond 
to represent the interests of their employing organisation.

In fact, I have often heard such research/ study contracts with ITU 
mentioned in a hush-hush manner about a couple of civil society persons, 
but when issues regarding various contractual and other - often rather 
deep - relationships with ICANN plus are raised, they are immediately 
brushed aside as non-issues - as acts of narrow minded people involved 
in exclusionary practises (i have heard this term mentioned in this 
regard - Spartan youth club kind of practises :) ).

Parminder

PS: I have mentioned this before but to do so again, I am regularly 
funded by the UN to attend IGF meetings, and also sometimes CSTD and 
other meetings. Our organisation does try to put up as much of our 
financial details  out in the public as possible.


McTim wrote:
> Milton,
>
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> <snip>
>   
>> To add icing to the cake, ARIN's Curran agrees with a protectionist trade policy - which would be disastrous if taken very far - because it suits his very short term and narrow agenda of justifying ARIN's centralized control of internet resources.
>>     
>
>
> Sorry to puncture your gas bag yet again, but to be precise, ARIN does
> NOT have "centralized control of Internet resources".  Arin does
> distribution of Internet number resources in Canada, many Caribbean
> and North Atlantic islands, and the United States.  IANA is the root
> of Internet resources.
>
> If you truly wanted competition in Internet resources, and the
> abolition of centralised registries, then you'd have to argue that the
> IANA should have competition in doling out IP addresses at the root
> level.
>
> There are natural monopolies in this world, you just have to accept that fact.
>
> BTW, methinks that you might want to (in the interest of full
> disclosure) let us know if you are still under contract with the ITU
> in re: IP address distribution issues.
>
>   
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