Re: UN

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

Although what WSIS may or may not decide is undoubtedly of
interest to the Internet community, I really think it is a
distraction here and now until there are concrete questions
for us to discuss. Our community's route to the WSIS discussions
is through the ISOC - where basic membership is free, by the way.

      Brian

Peter Dambier wrote:
> Alexis Turner wrote:
> 
>> I don't want to clutter up everyone's inboxes with dozens of rants that
>> amount to hyperventilating and lots of "IiiiEEEE's!," but if anyone would
>> like to e-mail me off list with their thoughts on the UN's WSIS 
>> conference
>> and why having them replace ICANN would be a good/bad thing for the
>> Internet, I would love to hear it.  I'm not looking to pick a fight or
>> argue - I'm just honestly interested in hearing the various opinions.  
>> The
>> issue is a lot bigger than anything I can get my head around right now,
>> and hearing what other people have to say would help me think about it
>> more constructively.
>>
>> I myself am on this list more or less "Just for kicks," or, as I 
>> prefer to
>> think of it, "personal edification," but do note that it is possible
>> quotes from your e-mails will make it onto a personal site that I use for
>> my own rambling and probably incoherent research.  If you don't want
>> this, just say so.
>> -Alexis
>>
>> PS: Bonus points if you actually read what they are proposing before you
>> respond.
>>
> 
> Hi Alexis,
> 
> I followed the discussion list. I could hardly follow it.
> 
> Is there a UN?
> 
> To me it looks like a bunch of small and not so small dictators at the 
> table
> and several rooms full of intelligent people outside.
> 
> It might be interesting to give them the internet. But how should you do
> that? What could they do with it?
> 
> Give them the root. The root operators will laughingly stand up and go 
> away.
> Each of them will start running his own root on his own hardware.
> 
> The internet hardware? Belongs to companies that were not allowed to join.
> How should all the internet operators find out what "the UN" want them to
> do if they dont allow them in?
> 
> I dont think anything but a lot of wasted paper will come out of that 
> meeting.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Peter and Karin Dambier
> 
> 


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