Re: [atlarge-discuss] analysis

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Whoa Danny,
You are getting completely negative at life.
Your "facts are not true" they are just biting and mean.

I am here for you if you need some positive reflection, but first
you must understand life is not all negative and evil.

Who did ISOC get subsumed by? Perhaps IP interests?  but
who cares they are what they are.  Lighten up and start looking
for the positive things.

e

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> It's a simple fact of life that groups that have no power are quickly
> subsumed by groups that are capable of wielding power.  The powerless
> At-Large is effectively dead, now subsumed by governments that can
> legitimately make the claim that they collectively represent the interests of
> the broader user community.
>
> While participants on this list go through the futile motions of
> self-organization (an exercise designed by ICANN to keep people busy and
> quiet), well-established power blocs like the European Commission negotiate
> directly with the U.S. Department of Commerce to strengthen the role of
> governments in the namespace.
>
> We are witnessing a transition that will ultimately lead to an international
> treaty organization.  In the immediate future, this means denying a role to
> the At-Large and expanding the role of governments.  Over the course of time,
> we will next begin to see a diminished role for the currently established
> "stakeholders" (to the same degree that governments are now collectively
> acting to minimize the role of the ITU, an organization similarly structured
> with a commercial component).
>
> Finally, a treaty organization will emerge to replace the private entity
> model.
>
> The At-Large is in a terminal coma.  The ALAC is nothing more than an open
> casket awaiting the final moment of burial.  Get over this lost cause, and
> get on with your lives.  Find another path to influence the decision-makers.
> In my view, the path you are on now leads nowhere.
>
> Best wishes to all.
>
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