[Chapter-delegates] ITU-T vs Internet

[Frederic Taes]

Hi Dave,

As researcher I worked on several ITU-T standards, when ITU-T was fighting against the Internet DOD model. Take a look at X.25, are we talking about TCP/IP world? ITU-T is definitively NOT about Internet way of networking.

Read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.25 as basic example.

When I’m looking on whom/what influences the most Internet today, it’s IGF and ICANN coming first, far ahead a long list of other organisms. We should work to place ISOC in the top.

A book « four internets » has just been released (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/research/four-internets.page), with foreword from Vint Cerf. IMO, it is there that ISOC should be present. Like 10 years ago with https://youtu.be/OInTXcZ4HZM

Our member Eric Tomson (BTW, also founding member of PIR) just wrote an excellent article on why ISOC is unique, we are working on translation. I’ll post it here next week.

Best Regards,
Frederic Taes
ISOC.be President

> Le 13 juil. 2021 à 21:28, Dave Burstein via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> a écrit :
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> The keynote speaker tomorrow, Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the ITU, can dispel the current confusion at ISOC about Vladimir Putin using the ITU to take over the Internet. With one exception in a decade, the ITU works by consensus and the US + EU can and has blocked any nonsense.
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> She also can explain how dozens of ISOC members can should attend the ITU meetings because we could really make a difference. (Especially in the study groups that make some important standards.)
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> ISOC has a free membership in ITU, which wants more non-government involvement. The Secretary-General reminded our CEO we can send as many representatives as we like. (The US sends 100.)
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> Currently. Andrew is blocking attendance by people like a founder of ISOC Israel, a distinguished technologist. Our policy lead explained we can;t allow even our most qualified members to attend, because they "might say something that isn't ISOC policy."
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> An easy and important way for ISOC to encourage membership, which has been effectively stagnant or declining for many years.
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> The great Cory Doctorow also is speaking, who has important ideas on how to limit the power of web giants.
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> Other than that, far too many lobbyists and uninformed ideologues. Every reason to welcome right wingers like Michele Connelly, a respected economist. But too many of the DC favorites get lost in their biases.
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> We really need to move IGF away from the lobbyist town, perhaps to a tech center like California.
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> Dave
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