[governance] Potential IGC letter to US gov (was Re: NET NEUTRALITY AND MORE)

[McTim]

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On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:04 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>
> On May 28, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>
>> Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> On 28 May 2013, at 12:19, Riaz Tayob wrote:
>>>
>>>> I do beleive, as I have said elsewhere, that DOC would just as soon
>>>> hand the responsibilities over.  Just not to another governments or
>>>> to a intergovernmental institution.
>>>
>>> To whom, then? And when? I have proposed earlier that IGC writes to
>>> the US gov (it is not DOC, it is the US gov) that they forgo their
>>> oversight role to an international body.... We can always propose
>>> some such body, say, a technical board, with 10 members, 2 each from
>>> each geo-political/ geographic, region, elected from selected top
>>> technical academic institutions by rotation from each country in the
>>> region... any other suggestion is welcome... Elections from ALAC ?,
>>> something else? But we much act on what we believe or say.... Non
>>> action is simply another form of politics .
>>>
>>> My proposal here is serious, and I propose that we as IGC begin work
>>> on it. What better timing then the forthcoming meeting of the WG on
>>> enhanced cooperation.
>>
>> Would it be a reasonable first step to write to the US Government with
>> a request to communicate their perspective on a potential handover, in
>> particular in regard to what kind of institution (or rotation of
>> institutions) the role might reasonably be handed over to?
>
>
> Under your able baton

bada bing!

-- 
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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