http://icannalac.org/content/view/114/88/ has the At-Large community's response if this helps... Jacqueline
On 7/4/06, Bill McIver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave / All, Dave A. Chakrabarti wrote: > Bill, > > Could you summarize the issues surrounding ICANN and US dominance over > top level control of the internet? It's something I'd like to know more > about, and I imagine it'd help to have that information before posting a > comment. > > Thanks! > > Dave. > I recommend several places to review the issues. http://www.itu.int/wsis/wgig/index.html http://www.internetgovernance.org/index.html http://www.acm.org/serving/IG.html http://icann.org/ The WSIS site contains a comprehensive review of the issues and was input into the creation of the Internet Governance Forum that came out of WSIS II (Tunis). WJM > ------------------- > Dave A. Chakrabarti > Projects Coordinator > CTCNet Chicago > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (708) 919 1026 > ------------------- > > > > > Bill McIver wrote: > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US government is asking for comments on >> how the internet should be run >> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:07:08 -0300 >> From: Bill McIver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Organization: (NRC IIT / CNRC ITI) >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> (I assume that discussion of this has been running >> over on the WSIS Internet Governance list. I send this >> in case others do not know about it.) >> >> >> The internet needs YOU! >> US government asks for comments on how net is run >> By Kieren McCarthy >> Published Sunday 2nd July 2006 23:13 GMT >> Security White Papers - Download them free from Reg Research >> >> The US government is asking for comments on how the internet should be >> run, and anyone is allowed to comment - but you'll need to be quick. >> >> The NTIA - an arm of the US government's department of commerce - is >> holding a public meeting at the end of July over what should happen to >> the current Internet overseeing organisation ICANN when its contract is >> renewed in September. In the meantime, it has opened a public comment >> board where you are able to email comments for the US government and the >> rest of the world to see. The board is open now but comments need to be >> sent by this Friday, 7 July. The email postal address is >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> More http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/02/ntia_icann_consultation/ >> >> >> >> WJM >> >> -- Bill McIver Research Officer, People-Centred Technologies group National Research Council Canada Institute for Information Technology URL=http://iit.nrc.gc.ca -- Adjunct Professor of Computer Science University of New Brunswick URL=http://cs.unb.ca -- Skype=WillMcIver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM=WillMcIver (EU) _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
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