[159512] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: De-funding the ITU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Sun Jan 13 00:57:06 2013
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:55:53 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
In-Reply-To: <A0733B43-A718-4172-ACE2-CE47BE2D23D0@pch.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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its not that black/white. The ITU-R is actually -very- useful and does a really good job of coordinating spectrum
use and has for many years. The ITU-T, however is questionable. It is possible to fund by sector, so a blanket
defunding for the entire ITU, as outlined in this petition, is a huge mistake.
/bill
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 07:03:57PM -0800, Bill Woodcock wrote:
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> Please consider signing this petition:
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> http://DeFundTheITU.org
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> bstupidity. As Pogo Possum said, "We have met the enemy, and the enemy is us!" Time to correct that. Redirect $11M/year from the ITU to Internet governance organizations like the IETF.
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> -Bill
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