[governance] ITU Broadband Commission

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Well said, Carlos !

This would/could be a fruitful debate within CS committed in the WSIS follow-up process. And could add some value to this process during the coming May Forum (and perhaps more "athmosphere" :-)  and revitalize the (flagging) sessions !

There are a lot of questions to raise, i.a. 
- the unilateral decision (by ITU and Unesco) of its creation and its functions 
- the opaque process of the nomination of its members and its "board"
- the questionable personnality of its "chairs" 
- How "ethical" is this BBC ? (reminder : Ethics is AL C-10 in the WSIS Action Plan)
- Need and Role of the BBC

Imho since there isn't any need for such a body, hence the CS should not struggle to become a "member" by getting a "jump seat" !
As far as I'm concerned, I have nothing to exchange with neither Carlos Slim nor Paul Kagamé.
Let me just mention that Carlos Slim is the world richest man (n° 1 in Forbes 2010 ranking, with 75 billion dollars) who added some 18 billions in his pockets in 2010 thanks to the 37% growth of its investment holding, as mentioned in Le Monde, february 4th, 2011. Enough fo financing the most needed ICT infrastructure in all the DCs ...

Best

BTW : Can somebody explain what the uNESCo has to do in such a venture ?

Jean-Louis Fullsack




> Message du 06/04/12 12:40
> De : "Carlos A. Afonso" 
> A : governance at lists.igcaucus.org, "michael gurstein" 
> Copie à : "'Jean-Louis FULLSACK'" 
> Objet : Re: [governance] ITU Broadband Commission
> 
> And on we go, leaving the tree for the branches again... let us drop
> this silly "internet time" thing and get back to the worth (or lack
> thereof) of yet anoter seemingly useless ITU commission.
> 
> --c.a.
> 
> On 04/06/2012 07:14 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_time 
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> > M
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> > [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Louis
> > FULLSACK
> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 5:47 PM
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; JohnCurran
> > Subject: Re: [governance] ITU Broadband Commission
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I know
> > 
> > What I'm asking for is the "internet speed" ; a buzz or a myth or ...?
> > 
> > Jean-Louis Fullsack
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> > 
> >> Message du 05/04/12 00:01
> >> De : "John Curran" 
> >> A : "Jean-Louis FULLSACK" 
> >> Copie à : governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> >> Objet : Re: [governance] ITU Broadband Commission
> >>
> >>
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> > On Apr 4, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
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> > 
> > <(i.e. "at Internet speed")> 
> >>
> >> What is that ????
> >>
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> > 
> >>
> > 
> > An extract from the article itself: 
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> > "Come on Commissioners, you need to operate at internet speed here,
> > otherwise you’ll lose momentum and risk credibility"
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> >>
> > 
> > FYI,
> > 
> > /John
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> > ---
> > 
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> > 
> > On Apr 4, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
> >>
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> > 
> > This is another opinion on the BBC and its "activity". It's not coming from
> > the "critical" CS activists.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> >>
> > 
> > Source TelecomTV Newsletter URL : 
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> > 
> > http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=48590
> > > > 4f26-b46b-277875988af6&utm_campaign=DailyNews030412CanTheBroadbandCommission
> > &utm_medium=email&utm_source=TTV-Daily-News-Alert>
> > &id=f6518dac-5240-4f26-b46b-277875988af6&utm_campaign=DailyNews030412CanTheB
> > roadbandCommission&utm_medium=email&utm_source=TTV-Daily-News-Alert 
> >>
> > 
> > 
> >> Solid assessment. I'll note that It doesn't appear to take any objection
> > to the 
> >> Broadband Commission process or the outcomes in the recent report, other
> > than 
> >> to note that the Commission needs to operate faster (i.e. "at Internet
> > speed") 
> >>
> >> FYI,
> >> /John
> >>
> >> Disclaimers: My views alone. No grad students were harmed in production of
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