Well stated Arturo! Monique Sent from my iPhone On 19.03.2013, at 13:32, "Arturo Servin" <arturo.servin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As I mentioned in the mic during the IAB-sponsored Discussion of WCIT, > during the week I had the opportunity to talk and interact to some of > the policy fellows invited by ISOC (in general were people from the > national regulator or from the ministry of telecommunications -AFAIK-). > I also had the opportunity (along with Marcelo Bagnulo) to have > breakfast with them and to present a summary of the Internet ecosystem > and its complexities. > > From my experience during the week and the IAB-sponsored Discussion of > WCIT I have this comments that I said I was going to share in the list: > > - It seems that there is not much understanding for governments in how > the Internet ecosystem works. > > - Governments believe (or believed) that ITU is/was the common place to > discuss and try to resolve Internet matters. > > - The Internet is an open entity with many organizations interacting > with each other and the relationships among them may be very complex. We > need to communicate this to governments and help them to interact with > all the Internet-stake-holders. > > - Everyone has a place and a role in the Internet open model. Even > governments. We need to let them play, help them to find their place, > teach them the rules of the game and avoid to step in each others feet > (I used the example of an RIR standardizing protocols or the IETF trying > to mandate national laws) > > - To solve many of the today's Internet problems requires interaction at > several layers (technical, policy, government and the separation between > them is very blur) and between a diverse set of actors. It requires > communication and coordination among all parties. > > - The communication and dialogue has to be a common effort. Today it is > not enough to say that the IETF or the X forum is open to everybody. > Being open is a must, the next step is going out and create > communication channels, not wait for them. > > - The Internet does not have a common API for governments and it may > never have one. Local APIs do not exists or are complex. [1] > > - As technical community we need to inform governments which > technological solutions we already have. This minimize or eliminate > their desire to "re-invent the wheel" in closed forums or create > pseudo-standards that contradict ours. > > I think that is all. I hope it helps for future discussion about the topic. > > > Regards, > as > > [1] I borrowed the idea of the "Government API" from John Curran. > > On 3/15/13 10:57 AM, Joel M. Halpern wrote: >> With apologies for the problems making these slides available, and >> thanks to Bernard for finding a work-around, for now the slides are >> available via links from >> http://www.iab.org/2013/03/14/wcit-what-happened-whats-next/ >> >> Yours, >> Joel M. Halpern >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [IAB] WCIT slides >> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:40:04 +0000 >> From: Bernard Aboba <bernard.aboba@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> I have created a blog entry on the IAB website that points to >> the slides, agenda and session recording: >> http://www.iab.org/2013/03/14/wcit-what-happened-whats-next/ >>