[governance] FYI: ITU & ICANN

[Lee W McKnight]

Of course there's a simple interim solution, although it may ICANNites gag - pay the ITU their fees and ICANN can apply to join ITU like any other sector member.  Prior to the next Plenipot.  

I think ICANN can afford the fees, even if they're prohibitive for most civil society organizations.  

And everyone would be happy - the ITU would finally have taken over the Internet, well at least ICANN, figuratively speaking - and Beckstrom can hang at ITU meetings.

Right? : )

Lee
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From: Milton L Mueller [mueller at syr.edu]
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 3:29 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: RE: [governance] FYI: ITU & ICANN

ITU is an intergovernmental organization, and ICANN is neither governmental nor inter-governmental. They might as well ask for a seat on the UN Security Council.

We all know that the ITU and many of its key member states (China, the Arab states, Russia, etc.) support a purely intergovernmental model for Internet governance. Why should we be "shocked, shocked" at this?

However, if the U.S. govt succeeds in its current efforts to make GAC the veto authority over all ICANN policies, then perhaps it should qualify as an intergovernmental org sometime in the near future. ;-)

--MM

> -----Original Message-----
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> not much in the way of "enhanced cooperation" in that letter is there?
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