Jock and all, Great example here of the presidents "State Of The Union" speech last night as it relates to the very discussions that we are having right here and now regarding the Internet. I have been echoing this very precept for nearly 10 years. Jock Gill wrote: > >From the President's State of the Union speech: > > "First, we ought to tear down barriers, open markets, and expand > trade. But at the same time, we must ensure that ordinary citizens > in all countries actually benefit from trade -- (Applause.) -- a > trade that promotes the dignity of work, and the rights of workers, > and protects the environment. We must insist that international > trade organizations be more open to public scrutiny, instead of > mysterious, secret things subject to wild criticism. > > When you come right down to it, now that the world economy is > becoming more and more integrated, we have to do in the world what we > spent the better part of this century doing here at home. We have > got to put a human face on the global economy. (Applause.)" > > All of this applies to Internet governance directly and ICANN in > particular. > > Regards, > > Jock > > -- > ____________________________________________________________________ > Jock Gill > www.penfield-gill.com > Infrared Internet Vision > ____________________________________________________________________ Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
