On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:42:18 EST, Dean Anderson said: > The main criticism of the IETF/IANA/ICANN by the rest of the world seems > to fall under the democratic constituencies issue. People outside the US > seem to distrust the US, and feel that their voices are not being heard, > and that they aren't being represented properly. I don't know whether > there is a truly genuine failing in this respect, but there is clearly a > widespread concern. The perception is just as serious as an actual > impropriety. I've not followed the innards of the ITU process - have they fixed the balloting/veto setup that resulted in such "all options for everybody" elephantine standards like X.[45]00? Democratic constituencies aren't always a good idea.....
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