[AfrICANN-discuss] Some inspirational reading on IG issues

[McTim]

Hi Mawaki,

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was about to read the piece and then I saw McTim's response... [sigh]
>
> Is there any outlet left in the IG landscape that is not biased, any
> party/stakeholder that can be regarded as telling it just like it is, at any
> time? Because, really, time is these days the most precious resource
> (although it has always been so but maybe less scarce for us to worry about
> it that much as we might today.) The politicizing of IG issues is becoming
> sickening. Soon, we'll be performing just as efficiently as the US Congress
> -- except that it'll be worse, since we don't even have one body we ALL
> recognize as the legitimate place where everybody feels their contribution
> is given equal weight as to any other party's.


I would say that AFRINIC (and the other RIRs) are that place at the
moment, as well as the IETF.

These are meritocracies, where the best ideas win!

Regards,

McTim