Re: De-funding the ITU

[Bill Woodcock <woody () pch net>]

On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:17 PM, "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com> wrote:
> The political fallout from the US being seen as a big rich bully taking its wallet
> and going home is likely not worth the trivial amount of money involved.

Trivial to whom?  Is $11M/year trivial relative to the $181M/year ITU budget?  Relative to the $2M/year IETF budget?  
Relative to the $600K/year budget of NANOG?  The petition does not suggest "taking its wallet and going home," it 
suggests reallocating money from an organization that's fighting against the Internet, to organizations that are 
fighting for the Internet, and doing so much more efficiently.  This is as much about funding NANOG and the IETF as it 
is about removing 7.7% of the ITU's budget.  You really think the ITU can make better use of that money than NANOG and 
the IETF?

                                -Bill