At 20:31 10/10/2013, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: >Avri, so did (or it seems to have done) the ARIN fellow. This was signed >as a statement of the "leaders" of whatever, so it saves them in a >certain way from having their ears pulled when they return to their home >bases, so to speak. This has only one realistly serious explanation from gathered inputs. Everyone in Montevideo was under the clear understanding that there was a metaconsensus. This is in disagreement with legal and democratic rules, but in agreement with MS spirit. - OpenStand IEEE was not represented so it was purely an Internet affair. - no one feared his constituants so the rough-metaconsensus had to be assumed to be deep in Boards and sub-leadership. The reference to the IANA NTIA NOI by John Curan and other direct and indirect inputs clearly indicates the sopurce of inspiration of the metaconsensus. Leaders, together with the NTIA, have the clear common understanding that this is the correct move to maintain/protec/save the US StakeHolders market statUS-quo, bringing in the Telcos in support of the "family". This is why I call this USSH Inc. The stakeholdership is in the US business. If this gurantees a stable internet due to further European, Asian, etc. other business stakeholderships competition it can be a good point for us, as long as we do not ally with one of them against the others. jfc