[AfrICANN-discuss] Some inspirational reading on IG issues

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Tue Aug 27 17:48:07 SAST 2013


Hi Again,


You said:

>> >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 was just pointing out that that is not entirely the case.

rgds,

McTim


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi McTim,
>
> Then there are still a whole host of policy questions that are of global
> scope (unlike the RIRs) and not necessarily focusing on technical standards
> and protocol specs (like IETF). I guess it comes as no surprise to anyone
> that those issues are precisely the most contentious.
>
> Rgds,
>
> mC
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:04 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
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