U.S. Goals, Global Values (was: Organization of...)

On Tuesday, April 21, 1998 11:25 AM, Jay Fenello[SMTP:Jay at IPERDOME.COM] wrote:
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@The way I see it, we face several possible outcomes under
@the Green Paper process:
@  1)  The GP garners the required consensus, and the root
@      remains intact under a single authority structure.
@  2)  The U.S. assumes the responsibility for a U.S. based
@      root, and encourages Europe and others to do the same.
@      Then, these independent roots can coordinate their
@      activities as relative equals in the global Internet.
@  3)  The Grass Root Servers are accepted, and each and
@      every Netizen can choose for themselve.

Jay,

You might want to add #4.

4) Europe (mostly via RIPE) demonstrates that IP allocations
and TLDs have something to do with each other and that people
can work together without the DOD-centric IANA/ARIN approach.
Then, U.S. companies realize the merits of this and move to this
Round Table model.

This is similar to #2 above but focuses on the fact that Europe and
RIPE are in many ways ahead of the U.S. in this area. They have
a healthier structure and do not seem to box themselves into corners
like the IANA/ARIN people. For example, RIPE works on both IP
and TLD issues. Join the discussion...

http://www.ripe.net/mail-archives/tld-wg/current/index.html

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Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI




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