[governance] critique of the IBSA proposal

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Nor about the so-called "technical community", by the way...

--c.a.

On 09/19/2011 01:04 PM, Raul Echeberria wrote:
> 
> Mc. Tim
> 
> You are right, there is not a single view about EC. 
> As a signal of my willingness to discuss the topic, I wrote this article in 2008.
> 
> http://raul.echeberria.org/2008/12/enhanced-cooperation-its-meaning-and-progress/
> 
> It is a bit outdated, but the essence remains the same. So you can see what is my view about Enhanced Cooperation. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Raúl 
> 
> 
> 
> El 19/09/2011, a las 12:46, McTim escribió:
> 
>> Hi Raul,
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification.
>>
>> I suspect Parminder et. al., who do not (or cannot) see EC going on
>> understand EC as something totally different from the way you and I
>> define it (our definitions may also be divergent).  As Adam has
>> pointed out, it's not well defined.
>>
>> Those of us who pay attention know how many resources the NRO and it's
>> members put into EC activities, to wit:
>>
>> AfWG- AfriNIC Government Working Group, RIPE NCC Government
>> roundtables, AGWG- ARIN Government Working Group, LACNIC has a whole
>> list of them here:
>> http://lacnic.net/en/acuerdos/index.html,
>>
>> AfriNIC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth
>> Telecommunications Organisation:
>> http://www.afrinic.net/press_release_cto_mou_25082011.htm
>>
>> and
>> NRO participated at OECD High Level Meeting, 27-28 June
>> http://www.nro.net/news/nro-participated-at-oecd-high-level-meeting-27-28-june
>>
>> etc, etc
>>
>> If you are interested there is a wealth of EC activity going on, one
>> just has to want to recognise it.
>>
>> In any case, I look forward to seeing you next week and many thanks
>> for your extraordinary efforts as NRO Chair.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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