Hi..

in principle i'm agree with this position. But i have the question.. and
the issues about internet governance? this is relative to the Internet
Communities.

I don't understand this: "(...) local Internet communities should develop
autonomously from the bottom up. "

Yes.. everybody knows that. But what mean in this context, that it's not
possible to accept help to develop internet communities different technical
issues?.
Milton you defended a lot of time the aspect "political" of the technical
issues, why in this cases restricted only to the tech?

And in another way, not only members from Supporting Organizations, its
necesarry from the Advisory Committee, like ALAC and GAC.

Erick




At 03:55 p.m. 27/01/2005, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Harold, Hakikur and Eung Hwi
>
>Your comments were great, how about something like this as an agreed
>position:
>
>Regarding the "Restricted Fund for Developing Country Internet
>Communities."
>
>We support the concept but would prefer to see it re-labelled a
>"Restricted Fund for Technical Forums in Developing Countries."
>Encouraging and facilitating knowledge-sharing on technical matters
>related to DNS and IP protocols falls within ICANN's general purview and
>fosters coordination rather than top-down management. We would encourage
>ICANN to avoid taking responsibility for building "Internet communities"
>in developing countries; local Internet communities should develop
>autonomously from the bottom up. We encourage ICANN to define clear and
>transparent procedures for organizations to apply for these funds and to
>avoid making grants at the discretion of central staff. ICANN should
>have objective, neutral and participatory mechanisms to determine who
>gets these funds. Any evaluation committee should include
>representatives from each of the Supporting Organizations.
>
>
>--MM