[Chapter-delegates] Report from ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, week 1

[Patrick Vande Walle]

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"Franck Martin" <franck at avonsys.com> wrote:

>I'm not saying that Bill being at ITU is a waste of resources, I'm
>saying that fighting the ITU is a waste of resources.
>
>While we try to counteract ITU plans, we don't spend our resources in
>the development of the Internet.
>
>Negative position vs Positive position, this is what I'm advocating.
>
>Franck Martin 
>http://www.avonsys.com/ 
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>twitter: FranckMartin Avonsys 
>
>Check your domain reputation: http://gurl.im/b69d4o 
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Wilkinson" <cw at christopherwilkinson.eu>
>To: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>Cc: "Executive Team" <exec-team at elists.isoc.org>
>Sent: Sunday, 10 October, 2010 4:22:57 AM
>Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Report from ITU Plenipotentiary
>Conference,	week 1
>
>Dear Franck:
>
>I think we know each other well enough for you not to be miffed that  
>on this occasion we disagree a little bit.
>
>I consider that this is an excellent and well worthwhile use of Senior 
>
>ISOC Staff resources, and of the ISOC budget. We need that.
>I think Bill and colleagues will have their work cut out to keep up  
>with the whole of the ITU PP10 during the next two weeks.
>We look forward to their further reports.
>
>On the substance, there is clearly a good deal of education and  
>clarification still needed in ITU on matters such as OSI and 'NGN'
>Also, if I may be allowed to quote a posting from our friend and  
>critic, William Drake, recently on the Governance List:
>
><< It's a pity there are no CS (Civil Society) organizations prepared  
>to test the (ITU) secretariat's frequent declarations of openness to  
>CS participation and actually apply to be sector members in ITU-T or  
>ITU-D;
>the only related entity participating is ISOC, which has made many  
>good interventions against heavy intergovernmentalism but has not  
>sought to be a vehicle for wider member/community/CS engagement etc.>>
>
>Perhaps faint praise, but praise nonetheless.
>
>Regards to you all,
>
>CW
>
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Best regards,
Cordialement,

Patrick Vande Walle
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