It
would be a good thing for I* bodies to reflect on these points that John
and Roger are making and provide meaningful support for individual
actors to engage effectively and in a balanced way or admit that they
are not multi stakeholder.
Christian Roger Jørgensen wrote: On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 5:49 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: <snip>Coordinating Committee have become open-ended. Unlike many of the appointing groups, the IETF is not in a position to underwrite those costs, i.e., to cover costs of time-salary and/or travel to the various meetings so as to spread those costs across the relevant community. The net effect is that the only people who can plausibly represent the IETF are those who:This part here made me think, can this issue about cost be the first step on the way to a multi-stakeholder for Internet where only the rich can participate? Rich as in having money AND time to travel to endless meetings around the world? ... I hope not. Personally I would like to get more involved but I can not see a way to get more involved, have no way to fund it, or see how I can get time to do more. Except that, it's great work and good to see discussion on the subject (IANA transition) and future for the Internet. <snip>p.s. Personal note: despite personal interest in this, involvement as an advisor to IANA since the late 1970s and early 1980s, key roles in ICANN's creation and intermittent involvement since (as liaison to the Board, advisor on multiple issues (especially IDNs and i18n), and occasional consultant, I'd not putting my name forward for this role. The reasons are ultimately connected to the remarks above: I have no funding for an open-ended commitment that could involve significant time and travel and I'm already overextended on work I feel I need to do for the IETF. Especially with the added requirement for "diversity"Any discussion without historic view have a possibility to repeat old mistakes... -- Christian de Larrinaga FBCS, CITP, MCMA ------------------------- @ FirstHand ------------------------- +44 7989 386778 cdel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------- |
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