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

[Alexander, Daniel]

Hello Bill,

I know this is an old thread, but it is an interesting topic. As I've been
reading, I wonder how easily this petition could be implemented. During
the last Plenipotentiary meeting, a clause was put into Article 28
regarding finances. It is included below. Does anyone know if a
reservation was taken to give the US more flexibility in its funding
choices?

-Dan


"CS/Art. 28
165	5 PP-98 PP-10
When choosing its class of contribution, a Member State shall not reduce
it by more than 15 per cent of the number of units chosen by the Member
State for the period preceding the reduction, rounding down to the nearest
lower number of units in the scale, for contributions of three or more
units; or by more than one class of contribution, for contributions below
three units. The Council shall indicate to it the manner in which the
reduction shall be gradually implemented over the period between
plenipotentiary conferences. However, under exceptional circumstances such
as natural disasters necessitating international aid programmes, the
Plenipotentiary Conference may authorize a greater reduction in the number
of contributory units when so requested by a Member State which has
established that it can no longer maintain its contribution at the class
originally chosen."

-Collection of the basic texts of the International Telecommunication
Union adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference, 2011 Edition.




On 1/12/13 10:04 PM, "Bill Woodcock" <woody at pch.net> wrote:

>
>Please consider signing this petition:
>
>http://DeFundTheITU.org
>
>Šso 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.
>
>                               -Bill
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