Good morning all, Three fragments below from the Introductory section, the original text is here: http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/telecom/196031.htm Something to reflect upon is what the government really means by the reference to "openness and inclusivenness" and ICANN and whether this is consistent with its summary of the situation made three years ago in the AoC -- "ICANN and DoC recognize that there is a group of participants that engage in ICANN's processes to a greater extent than Internet users generally." An interesting read for the day, quotes below the .sig, url at the top of this post. Eric Brunner-Williams Candidate, NARALO ALAC Rep. election 2012 "This contribution presents proposals to the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12) that have been developed by the United States of America for the revision of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs). ... The United States also notes, however, that the Internet has evolved to operate in a separate and distinct environment that is beyond the scope or mandate of the ITRs or the International Telecommunication Union. Specifically, it emerged from multi-stakeholder organizations such as the Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). These organizations have played a major role in designing and operating the Internet and have succeeded by their very nature of openness and inclusiveness. ... Therefore, the United States will not support proposals that would increase the exercise of control over Internet governance or content. ... "