[arin-discuss] De-funding the ITU (Apologies for overlap with the NANOG list)

[Mark Bayliss]

Bill,

    Great point and Idea. I am on board.

        Mark

At 10:04 PM 1/12/2013, Bill Woodcock wrote:
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>Please consider signing this petition:
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>http://DeFundTheITU.org
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so we can stop paying for both sides of this 
>idiotic fight.  Note that if the U.S. pulls its 
>funding from the ITU, that's 10%, and if all of 
>the countries that stood with us at the WCIT do 
>so, that would be 74% of the ITU's member 
>revenue.  Those of us who support the Internet 
>are paying for three-quarters of the fight 
>against the Internet.  As Smokey the Bear would 
>say, only WE can prevent stupidity.  As Pogo 
>Possum said, "We have met the enemy, and the 
>enemy is us!"  Time to correct that.  Redirect 
>$11M/year from the ITU to Internet governance organizations like the IETF.
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>                                -Bill
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