[governance] Towards an IGC Statement on RFC 6852 "Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards"

[michael gurstein]

Since the intent is the articulation and propagation of "core values and
principles" for the design of standards for the Internet presumably there is
a requirement to ensure the broadest base of participation and consultation
which to my mind includes something other than simply talking to the tech
choir whether or not they might be identified as "civil society". 

Note also, and quite astonishingly that included in the passage I quoted was
an acknowledgement that these standards are specifically directed to exclude
what has turned out to be the some 2/3rds or so of the world's population
whose governments supported the ITU position at WCIT.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:suresh at hserus.net] 
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 9:06 AM
To: michael gurstein
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] Towards an IGC Statement on RFC 6852 "Affirmation
of the Modern Paradigm for Standards"

michael gurstein [28/01/13 08:55 -0800]:
>Russ Housley, the Chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 
>at the IETF 84 Administrative Plenary in Vancouver, when introducing 
>RFC 6852 described them as representing "our core values and our 
>principles. We will

To be fair, standards development organizations do have a substantial cross
section of civil society membership.

The IETF for example is an organized activity of ISOC.

Independent technical experts (who are also civil society, though some NGO
members tend to discount that) are quite active in IETF, and as members of
the IEEE more often than not.

So - what was that again about not seeking out civil society partnership?


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