[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Veni's objections

[veni markovski]

At 14:24 13-09-2004 -0400, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Veni:
>I don't consider this recent input of yours to be
>constructive.

It's been provocative, not destructive. And I am glad there are responses, 
although not in the right direction. Didn't you notice how suddenly the 
mailing list changed in the last few weeks?

>The NCUC process was definitely not a "mess,"
>it was quite orderly. And yet you attacked that too --
>on the very weak grounds that despite having every
>world region represented and people from Uruguay,
>Cameroun, Togo, Brazil and Korea it was somehow
>"Northern dominated."

It is. And don't mention South Korea. Although it has "south" in its name, 
it's not representing the developing countries. I was wondering about 
Brazil, too, as it is quite developed - at least to the standards that we 
live in. So, fact is here 4:7 in favour of the developed countries. Or may 
be even 3:8.

>Shouldn't you acknowledge that your status as an ICANN
>Board member might affect your judgement here, just a bit?

No, I shouldn't. What is affecting my judgement is that I am coming from 
the South, from a developing country. From a country which is recently 
rated 28 out of 28 members and candidates to join the EU in terms of 
development of IT. And I want to change that, not only for my country but 
for all developing countries that want this changed. Including by larger 
participation of people from developing countries in the processes. That's 
what affects my judgement. I'm an ICANN director for a set term of 3 years, 
but I hope to be a citizen for much more. Therefore I have the courage to 
speak here loudly, and - as you well know - I'm not representing ICANN.

Best,
Veni