Re: Let's talk about ICANN

[Peter Dambier <peter () peter-dambier de>]

JC Dill wrote:
> I'm surprised that I've yet to see any mention here on NANOG about the
> Internet Governance Forum discussions that were held at the WSIS /
> United Nations summit in Tunisia a few weeks ago.  From my reading of
> the various articles, it appears that the EU together with some
> developing nations wanted to wrest "control of the Internet" away from
> the US and ICANN. Was everyone unaware of this, or were you just
> counting on Vint Cerf to talk sense into the delegates from the other
> countries?
>
> <http://news.com.com/U.N.+says+its+plans+are+misunderstood/2008-1028_3-5959117.html> 
>
>
> Then there was ICANN's sudden delay of discussion/approval of .xxx:
>
> <http://news.google.com/news?q=icann+xxx>
>
> followed by their approval of .asia:
>
> http://news.google.com/news?q=icann+asia
>
> Is anyone here paying any attention to any of this?
>
> jc

Yes, I am.

But I am listening in the other forum too.

Cheers,
Peter and Karin Dambier

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