[kictanet] "US and Russia face off over ICANN veto power

[McTim]

Hiya Badru,

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Badru Ntege <ntegeb at one2net.co.ug> wrote:

> Interesting  The struggle for the control of the internet continues.  I'm
> worried that this time they ITU( governments) have strategically regrouped
> and might actually make some progress.
>
>
"Consideration should be given to the expediency of having the functions of
GAC carried out by a specially-constituted group within ITU with the
authority to veto decisions adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors. If it
is so decided, the ITU Secretary-General should be instructed to consult
ICANN on the matter."

 Considering that they told the ICANN CEO that he wasn't welcome at their
Plenipot meeting, I think any such "consultation" would be brief  and
negative (as in "not hanks" from ICANN.


The problem is do they understand the beast they are trying to reign in??
>

They understand they don't control it, and they want to.



> I'm not a proponent of "if it aint broken don't fix it"  but I still do not
> see what positive value the world will get by replacing the GAC with a
> private (closed) club of bureaucratic technocrats.
>

zero + value, unless you are in the ITU world of very nice per diems.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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