Here's a fairly interesting piece here about the upcoming IGF and ITR
meetings:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/fight-control-internet-…
Shame about the hype about "secretive UN agencies" and "ITU to take
over the interweb" threads though. This might be because of the
author's affiliation. YMMV.
Dear colleagues,
The RIPE NCC is proud to be a major supporter and sponsor of the Arab Internet Governance Forum, which will hold its first meeting from 9-11 October at the Regency Hotel in Kuwait.
Online registration for the event is now open, via the host website:
http://arabigf.kits.org.kw
Please note that a call for workshops at the first meeting of the Arab IGF is still open. Interested parties are encouraged to submit workshop proposals using the template available at:
http://igfarab.org/index.php/latest-news/item/download/1_4cf80222a902be64a1… [Word]
Proposals should be submitted by email to <workshops(a)igfarab.org> by 31 August 2012.
Best regards,
Chris Buckridge
External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC
http://wcitleaks.org is publishing contributions (ITU-speak for
discussion papers, agenda items, etc) which are likely to be discussed
at the ITR meeting in December.
According to http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/Russia%2040.pdf, Russia
wants the ITU to effectively become an RIR and allocate IPv6
addresses. See item 8 at the bottom of page 3 of their list of changes
to the ITR Articles. Looks like someone's been drinking the Nav6 Kool-
Aid. Sigh.
Will the NCC as a Sector Member, (and the other RIRs?) submit a
response to this? Should concerned members of this WG be contacting
their governments?
